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eWISA Home | CALEDON: MAIN INDEX | ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RIVERS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the Caledon River |
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Armenia Dam | 13.0 | On the Leeu River | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Egmont Dam | 9.3 | On the Witspruit River | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Knellpoort Dam | 137 |
An off-channel storage dam that supplements the water supply to Bloemfontein. (Ref 1) "It was the first arch gravity Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) dam in the world and comprises almost 64 600 m3 rollcrete and 14 200 m3 concrete with a gross storage capacity of 137 million m3." (www.dwaf.gov.za/orange/Mid_Orange/calmod.htm) |
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Koppieskraal Dam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Meulspruit Dam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moperri Dam | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Welbedacht Dam | 11.7 | The Welbedacht Dam on the Caledon River was constructed as the main storage element of the CMRGWS and water is abstracted from this dam for transfer to Bloemfontein and various smaller users along the way." (www.dwaf.gov.za/orange/Mid_Orange/calmod.htm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ref 1: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa. 2004. Internal Strategic Perspective: Upper Orange Water Management Area. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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