The Rietvlei dam is an earth-fill type dam and is one of a number of dams supplying water to the

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...

region of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

. It supplies around 41 million liters of drinking water daily, about 5.9% of the water requirement of

. The dam mainly serves for municipal and industrial use. Its hazard potential has been ranked high (3). Constructed as an earth-fill dam wall with a brick core in 1932/4, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wave wall and a reinforced earth barrier wall, as well as a surfaced roadway, on top of the original wall. The dam is fed by the Rietvlei, a river of the Crocodile River (Limpopo) basin, as well as by five fountains and five boreholes. The

Rietvlei Nature Reserve Rietvlei Nature Reserve, located in southern Pretoria, is about in size, and includes the entirety of the Rietvlei Dam which impounds the Rietvlei River, in Gauteng, South Africa. The reserve is wedged between the R21 highway ( OR Tambo Ai ...

occupies the area immediately surrounding the dam.

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Ecological State of the Major Rivers and Streams within the Northern Service Delivery Region of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan MunicipalityRietvlei Dam - A fishing guide
Dams completed in 1934 Dams in South Africa Crocodile River (Limpopo) 1934 establishments in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-dam-stub

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