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Woodstock Dam

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Official name
  
Woodstock Dam

Opening date
  
1982

Impounds
  
Tugela River

Catchment area
  
1,171 km²

Impound
  
Tugela River

Country
  
South Africa

Type of dam
  
Earth fill dam

Height
  
54 m

Surface area
  
29.16 km²

Location
  
KwaZulu-Natal

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Purpose
  
Industrial and domestic

Owner
  
Department of Water and Sanitation

Similar
  
Kilburn Dam, Spioenkop Dam, Sterkfontein Dam, Zaaihoek Dam, Wagendrift Dam

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Woodstock Dam is located on the upper reaches of the Tugela, KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and is the main source of water for the Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme. The dam was commissioned in 1982, has a storage capacity of 373.26 million cubic metres (13.182×10^9 cu ft), and a surface area of 29.129 square kilometres (11.247 sq mi), the dam wall is 54 metres (177 ft) high. The dam serves mainly for municipal and industrial water supply purposes and its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).

Contents

Map of Woodstock Dam, Hoffenthal, South Africa

References

Woodstock Dam Wikipedia