Official name Von Bach Dam Opening date 1970 Impounds Swakop River Surface area 4.89 km² Height (foundation) 40 m (130 ft) Impound Swakop River | Country Namibia Type of dam Embankment, rock-fill Height 35 m Opened 1970 Construction began 1968 | |
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Location Okahandja, Otjozondjupa Region Similar Hardap Dam, Goreangab Dam, Oanob Dam, Friedenau Dam, Naute Dam | ||
Von bach dam namibia
The Von Bach Dam (originally the Sartorius von Bach Dam) is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Swakop River near Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. Built in 1968 and commissioned in 1970, the dam provides Namibia's capital of Windhoek with much of the city's water. It also supplies Okahandja. The dam has a capacity of 48.56 million cubic metres (63,510,000 cu yd). Water from the reservoir is sent directly to a water treatment plant downstream. The treatment plant was completed in 1971 and upgraded in 1997.
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