Spitskop

Particulars

Owner: unknown

Designer: Department of Water Affairs & Forestry

Contractor: Department of Water Affairs & Forestry

Purpose(s): Irrigation

Reservoir capacity: 61 m³x10⁶

Height: 15 metres

Length: 100 metres

Volume of RCC: 17 m³x10³

Total volume: 36 m³x10³

Start of Project: 05/88 (May 1988)

Start of RCC: 09/88 (September 1988)

End of RCC: 06/89 (June 1989)

End of Project: 11/89 (November 1989)

River: Harts

DMS Co-ordinates: 28˚7'29.87"S, 24˚30'9.93"E

DD Co-ordinates: -28.124964, 24.502758

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork
	RCC supported by fill shoulders

Slope	Type
0.70	RCC supported by fill shoulders

Slope	Type
0.70	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cement (kg/m³)
91

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
92	Low-lime flyash (ASTM Class F)