Dam Search Results

There are 17 dams matching your search
Click to show/hide your search criteria

Country: South Africa

Please note: only dams ≥ 15m which have been completed, are under construction, or due to begin RCC placement in the current year are included in the table below.

Results are sorted in the following order: Finish of RCC, Start of RCC, Finish of Project, Start of Project, Height and alphabetical by Dam Name.

← Scroll the table horizontally to view its entire width →

Name	Country	Owner	Purpose	River	Reservoir capacity (m³x10⁶)	Construction dates				Dimensions		Volume		Facings						Placement		Cementitious material
						Start		Finish		Height	Length	RCC	Total	Upstream		Downstream		Spillway		Layers	Lifts	Cement	Pozzolan
						Project	RCC	RCC	Project	(m)	(m)	(m³x10³)	(m³x10³)	Slope	Type	Slope	Type	Slope	Type	(m)	(m)	(kg/m³)	(kg/m³)
De Mist Kraal	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	I W	Little Fish	4	09/84	05/86	08/86	10/87	30	300	35	65	V	(1)	0.60	(1)*	0.60	(1)*	250	250	58	58	(F)
Flag Boshielo - formerly Arabie	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	I W	Olifants	104	09/85	03/86	11/86	07/87	36	455	101	142	V	(1)	0.50 0.75	(1)* (1)*	0.75	(1)	300	300	36	74	(S)
Zaaihoek	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	W	Slang	190	05/85	11/85	03/87	09/88	47	527	97	134	V	(1)	V 0.62	(1)*	0.62	(1)*	250	250	36	84	(S)
Knellpoort [A-G]	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	W	Rietspruit	137	04/88	05/88	11/88	09/89	50	200	45	59	V	(1)	0.60	(1)*	0.60	(1)*	250	250	61	142	(F)
Spitskop	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	I	Harts	61	05/88	09/88	06/89	11/89	15	100	17	36	V	(1) (15)	0.70	(15)	0.70	(1)*	250	250	91	92	(F)
Wolwedans [A-G]	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	W	Great Brak	24	11/87	10/88	10/89	11/90	70	268	180	210	V	(1)	0.50	(1)*	0.50	(1)*	250	250	58	136	(F)
Wriggleswade	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	W	Kubusie	94	07/88	07/89	07/90	12/90	34	737	134	165	V	(1)	V 0.62	(1)*	0.62	(1)*	250	250	44	66	(F)
Glen Melville	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	W	Ecca	7	02/88	04/89	12/90	04/91	32	380	66	114	V	(1)	V 0.75	(1) (1)*	0.75	(1)*	330	330	65	65	(F)
Thornlea	South Africa	Umlaas Irrigation Board	I	Mlazi	3	06/90	10/90	12/90	02/91	17	135	16	17	V	(1)	0.90	(3)*	0.90	(1)	170	170	38	87	(S)
Taung	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation & the former Bophuthatswana Department of Water Affairs	I W	Harts	66	06/90	08/91	09/92	05/93	50	320	132	153	V	(1)	V 0.75	(1) (1)*	0.75	(1)*	250	250	44	66	(F)
Paxton	South Africa	Private farmer	I	Tsorwo	1	- /90	01/91	12/92	- /92	17	70	3	3	V	(3)	V 0.50	(3)	0.50	(3)	150	150	70	100	(F)
Qedusizi - formerly Mount Pleasant	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	F	Klip	128	04/94	03/95	08/97	03/98	28	490	78	156	V	(1)	V 0.70	(1) (1)*	0.70	(1)*	250	250	46	108	(S)
Inyaka	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	W	Marite	123	01/96	06/97	10/00	03/02	53	350	160	327	V	(1)	0.68	(1)	0.68	(1)	250	250	60	120	(F)
Nandoni - formerly Mutoti	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	I W	Luvuvhu	164	04/98	12/99	08/03	04/04	47	392	150	316	V	(1)	0.75	(1)	0.75	(1)*	250	250	54	129	(F)
Braamhoek	South Africa	ESKOM	H	Braamhoekspruit	27	04/08	06/09	06/10	02/11	37	330	90	98	V	(3')	0.67	(3')*	0.67	(3')*	300	1200	70	95	(F)
Spring Grove	South Africa	TCTA (Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority)	W	Mooi	140	03/11	06/12	05/13	05/14	39	300	96	114		(3')		(3')			300	300	50	110	(F)
De Hoop	South Africa	Department of Water & Sanitation	W	Steelpoort	347	07/07	07/09	11/13	03/14	85	1015	769	1012	V	(3')		(3')*		(3')*	300	1200	62	145	(F)

← Scroll the table horizontally to view its entire width →

Search again

Please note: only dams ≥ 15m which have been completed, are under construction, or due to begin RCC placement in the current year are included in the list below.

Results are sorted in the following order: Finish of RCC, Start of RCC, Finish of Project, Start of Project, Height and alphabetical by Dam Name.

De Mist Kraal

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Little Fish

Reservoir capacity: 4 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 09/84

Start of RCC: 09/84

End of RCC: 08/86

End of Project: 10/87

Specifications

Height: 30 metres

Length: 300 metres

Volume of RCC: 35 m³x10³

Total volume: 65 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.60	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.60	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
58

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

Flag Boshielo - formerly Arabie

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Olifants

Reservoir capacity: 104 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 09/85

Start of RCC: 09/85

End of RCC: 11/86

End of Project: 07/87

Specifications

Height: 36 metres

Length: 455 metres

Volume of RCC: 101 m³x10³

Total volume: 142 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.50	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
36

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
74	Ground-granulated blast-furnace slag

Flag Boshielo - formerly Arabie completed

Zaaihoek

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Slang

Reservoir capacity: 190 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 05/85

Start of RCC: 05/85

End of RCC: 03/87

End of Project: 09/88

Specifications

Height: 47 metres

Length: 527 metres

Volume of RCC: 97 m³x10³

Total volume: 134 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]
0.62

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.62	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
36

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
84	Ground-granulated blast-furnace slag

Knellpoort

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Arch-Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Rietspruit

Reservoir capacity: 137 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/88

Start of RCC: 04/88

End of RCC: 11/88

End of Project: 09/89

Specifications

Height: 50 metres

Length: 200 metres

Volume of RCC: 45 m³x10³

Total volume: 59 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.60	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.60	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
61

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

Spitskop

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Harts

Reservoir capacity: 61 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 05/88

Start of RCC: 05/88

End of RCC: 06/89

End of Project: 11/89

Specifications

Height: 15 metres

Length: 100 metres

Volume of RCC: 17 m³x10³

Total volume: 36 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

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

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.70	RCC supported by fill shoulders

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.70	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
91

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

Wolwedans

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Arch-Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Great Brak

Reservoir capacity: 24 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 11/87

Start of RCC: 11/87

End of RCC: 10/89

End of Project: 11/90

Specifications

Height: 70 metres

Length: 268 metres

Volume of RCC: 180 m³x10³

Total volume: 210 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.50	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.50	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
58

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

Wriggleswade

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Kubusie

Reservoir capacity: 94 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/88

Start of RCC: 07/88

End of RCC: 07/90

End of Project: 12/90

Specifications

Height: 34 metres

Length: 737 metres

Volume of RCC: 134 m³x10³

Total volume: 165 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]
0.62

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.62	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
44

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

Glen Melville

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Ecca

Reservoir capacity: 7 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 02/88

Start of RCC: 02/88

End of RCC: 12/90

End of Project: 04/91

Specifications

Height: 32 metres

Length: 380 metres

Volume of RCC: 66 m³x10³

Total volume: 114 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
330	330

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
65

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

Thornlea

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Umlaas Irrigation Board

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Mlazi

Reservoir capacity: 3 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/90

Start of RCC: 06/90

End of RCC: 12/90

End of Project: 02/91

Specifications

Height: 17 metres

Length: 135 metres

Volume of RCC: 16 m³x10³

Total volume: 17 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.90	RCC against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.90	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
170	170

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
38

Pozzolan (kg/m³)	Pozzolan Type
87	Ground-granulated blast-furnace slag

Taung

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation & the former Bophuthatswana Department of Water Affairs

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Harts

Reservoir capacity: 66 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 06/90

Start of RCC: 06/90

End of RCC: 09/92

End of Project: 05/93

Specifications

Height: 50 metres

Length: 320 metres

Volume of RCC: 132 m³x10³

Total volume: 153 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
44

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

Paxton

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Private farmer

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation

River: Tsorwo

Reservoir capacity: 1 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: -/90

Start of RCC: -/90

End of RCC: 12/92

End of Project: -/92

Specifications

Height: 17 metres

Length: 70 metres

Volume of RCC: 3 m³x10³

Total volume: 3 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork
0.50

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.50	RCC against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
150	150

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
70

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

Qedusizi - formerly Mount Pleasant

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Flood Control

River: Klip

Reservoir capacity: 128 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/94

Start of RCC: 04/94

End of RCC: 08/97

End of Project: 03/98

Specifications

Height: 28 metres

Length: 490 metres

Volume of RCC: 78 m³x10³

Total volume: 156 m³x10³

Construction Methods

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

Qedusizi - formerly Mount Pleasant completed

Inyaka

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Marite

Reservoir capacity: 123 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 01/96

Start of RCC: 01/96

End of RCC: 10/00

End of Project: 03/02

Specifications

Height: 53 metres

Length: 350 metres

Volume of RCC: 160 m³x10³

Total volume: 327 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.68	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.68	Traditional concrete against formwork

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
60

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

Nandoni - formerly Mutoti

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Irrigation / Water Supply

River: Luvuvhu

Reservoir capacity: 164 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/98

Start of RCC: 04/98

End of RCC: 08/03

End of Project: 04/04

Specifications

Height: 47 metres

Length: 392 metres

Volume of RCC: 150 m³x10³

Total volume: 316 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	Traditional concrete against formwork

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.75	Traditional concrete against formwork [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
250	250

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
54

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

Braamhoek

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: ESKOM

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Hydropower

River: Braamhoekspruit

Reservoir capacity: 27 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 04/08

Start of RCC: 04/08

End of RCC: 06/10

End of Project: 02/11

Specifications

Height: 37 metres

Length: 330 metres

Volume of RCC: 90 m³x10³

Total volume: 98 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Downstream

Slope	Type
0.67	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
0.67	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	1200

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
70

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

Spring Grove

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: TCTA (Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority)

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Mooi

Reservoir capacity: 140 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 03/11

Start of RCC: 03/11

End of RCC: 05/13

End of Project: 05/14

Specifications

Height: 39 metres

Length: 300 metres

Volume of RCC: 96 m³x10³

Total volume: 114 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Downstream

Slope	Type
	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Spillway

Slope	Type

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	300

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
50

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

De Hoop

Full Dam Information

Details

Country: South Africa

Owner: Department of Water & Sanitation

Type: Gravity

Purpose(s): Water Supply

River: Steelpoort

Reservoir capacity: 347 m³x10⁶

Construction Dates

Start of Project: 07/07

Start of RCC: 07/07

End of RCC: 11/13

End of Project: 03/14

Specifications

Height: 85 metres

Length: 1015 metres

Volume of RCC: 769 m³x10³

Total volume: 1012 m³x10³

Construction Methods

Facings

Upstream

Slope	Type
Vertical	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC)

Downstream

Slope	Type
	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Spillway

Slope	Type
	RCC against formwork (GEVR/GE-RCC) [stepped face]

Placement

Layers (mm)	Lifts (mm)
300	1200

Cementitious material

Cement (kg/m³)
62

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

Search again

Please note: only dams with known co-ordinates will appear on this map.

Your search returned no dams with known co-ordinates