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Ntshingwayo Dam | 199 | Ntshingwayo Dam (previously known as Chelmsford Dam) which was completed in 1961 and raised in 1982. It has a capacity of 199 million m3. The dam was built to supply water to the town of Newcastle, Eskom’s thermal power station and irrigation farmers downstream. Releases are sometimes made to dilute factory spillages that end up in the river system. The dam is in the Ngagane River. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Zaaihoek Dam | 193 | Zaaihoek Dam, which was built in 1988 with an original capacity of 193 million m3. Zaaihoek Dam is on the Slang River, a tributary of the Buffalo River, and is used to transfer water to the Vaal system and the Majuba Power Station. Zaaihoek Dam can also supplies demands downstream of the dam by releasing water into the Slang River. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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