Qedusizi (formerly Mount Pleasant)
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Qedusizi (formerly Mount Pleasant) completed
Particulars
Owner: unknown
Designer: Department of Water Affairs & Forestry
Contractor: Department of Water Affairs & Forestry
Statistics
Type: Gravity
Purpose(s): Flood Control
Reservoir capacity: 128 m3x106
Height: 28 metres
Length: 490 metres
Volume of RCC: 78 m3x103
Total volume: 156 m3x103
Construction Dates
Start of Project: 04/94 (April 1994)
Start of RCC: 03/95 (March 1995)
End of RCC: 08/97 (August 1997)
End of Project: 03/98 (March 1998)
Country: South Africa
River: Klip
DMS Co-ordinates: 28˚32'30.97"S, 29˚44'41.08"E
DD Co-ordinates: -28.541937, 29.744743
Facings
Upstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
Downstream
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| Vertical | Traditional concrete against formwork |
| 0.70 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Spillway
| Slope | Type |
|---|---|
| 0.70 | Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face] |
Placement
| Layers (mm) | Lifts (mm) |
|---|---|
| 250 | 250 |
Cementitious material
| Cement (kg/m3) |
|---|
| 46 |
| Pozzolan (kg/m3) | Pozzolan Type |
|---|---|
| 108 | Ground-granulated blast-furnace slag |
