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WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY

PONGOLA POORT DAM

PROVINCE: KwaZulu Natal

RIVER: Pongola River

WALL TYPE: Double Curvature Concrete Arch

WALL HEIGHT: 89 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 2 445 900

COMPLETION: 1973

WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY

VAAL DAM

PROVINCE: FREE STATE

RIVER: Vaal River

WALL TYPE: Concrete Gravity and Earth Fill

WALL HEIGHT: 63 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 2 536 000

COMPLETION: 1938 (raised in 1956 and 1983)

WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY

STERKFONTEIN DAM

PROVINCE: FREE STATE

RIVER: Nuwejaar Spruit

WALL TYPE: Earth Fill

WALL HEIGHT: 93 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 2 616 000

COMPLETION: 1980

WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY

VAN DER KLOOF DAM

PROVINCE: FREE STATE

RIVER: Orange River

WALL TYPE: Double Curvature Concrete Arch

WALL HEIGHT: 107 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 3 187 557

COMPLETION: 1977

WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY

GARIEP DAM

PROVINCE: FREE STATE

RIVER: Orange River

WALL TYPE: Double Curvature Concrete Arch

WALL HEIGHT: 88 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 5 342 932

COMPLETION: 1971