List of dams in South Africa

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The following is a partial list of dams in South Africa.

In South African English (as well as Afrikaans), a dam refers to both the wall as well as the reservoir or lake that builds up as a consequence.

List of dams (reservoirs)

Name (Alt.)	Nearest locale	Province	Impounds	Year completed (commissioned)	Capacity (MegaL)	Surface area (km2)	Wall height (meter)	Map ref
Albasini Dam	Louis Trichardt	Limpopo	Levubu River (Luvuvhu River)	1952	28,200	3.498	34
Albert Falls Dam	Pietermaritzburg	KZN	Umgeni River	1976	288,100	23.521	33
Alexandra Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1903	126	12
Allemanskraal Dam	Ventersburg	Free State	Sand River	1960	174,500	26.481	38
Alphen Dam	Stellenbosch	Western Cape	Bonte River	1990			18.3
Armenia Dam	Hobhouse	Free State	Leeu River	1954	13,000	3.933	22
Beervlei Dam	Willowmore	Eastern Cape	Groot River	1957	85,800	23.145	31
Bedford Dam	NE van Reenen Pass	Free State		2011	22,000
Berg River Dam	Franschhoek	Western Cape	Berg River	2007	127,100	5.260	68
Binfield Park Dam	Alice, Eastern Cape	Eastern Cape	Tyhume River	1986 (1987)	36,830	1.870	60
Bivane Dam (Paris Dam)	Vryheid	KZN	Bivane River	2000	115,200		72
Bloemhoek Dam	Kroonstad	Free State	Jordaan Spruit	1976	26,400	2.800	28
Bloemhof Dam (Oppermansdrif)	Bloemhof	border North West Free State	Vaal River	1970	1,240,200	230.665	33
Blyderivierpoort Dam	Hoedspruit	Mpumalanga	Blyde River	1974	54,400	2.494	71
Boegoeberg Dam	Prieska	Northern Cape	Orange River	1929	19,800	7.423	12
Bon Accord Dam	Tshwane	Gauteng	Apies River	1925	4,400	1.440	18
Bongolo Dam (Bonkolo)	Queenstown	Eastern Cape	Komani River	1908	7,015		24
Boskop Dam	Potchefstroom	North West	Mooi River	1959	20,840	3.741	33
Boschmanskop No 1 Dam	Middelburg	Mpumalanga	Woes-Alleen River	1995	14,400	0.185	22
Bospoort Dam	Rustenburg	North West	Hex River	1933	15,800	3.741	28
Bramhoek Dam	NE van Reenen Pass	KZN	Braamhoek Spruit	2011	22,000
Brandvlei Dam (Lake Marais)		Western Cape	Lower Brandvlei River	1983	284,300
Bridle Drift Dam	East London	Eastern Cape	Buffels River	1969	101,600	7.460	55
Bronkhorstspruit Dam	Bronkhorstspruit	Gauteng	Bronkhorst Spruit	1950	57,400	9.609	35
Buffeljags Dam	Swellendam	Western Cape	Buffeljags River	1967	4,800	1.248	24
Buffelspoort Dam	Rustenburg	North West	Sterkstroom River	1934	10,251	1.357	34
Ceres Koekedouw Dam	Ceres	Western Cape	Loekedouw River	2001	17,200	0.107	60
Churchill Dam (Krom River Dam)	Kareedouw	Eastern Cape	Krom River	1943	35,500	2.492	43
Clanwilliam Dam	Clanwilliam	Western Cape	Olifants River	1935	121,800	11.236	43
Craigie Burn Dam	Greytown	KZN	Mnyamvubu River	1963	22,500	2.073	38
Dap Naude Dam	Polokwane	Limpopo	Broederstroom River	1958	1,900	0.281	23
Da Gama Dam	White River	Mpumalanga	Witwaters River	1971	13,578	1.289	38
Damani Dam	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Mbwedi River	1991	11,000	0.130	28
Darlington Dam (Lake Mentz)	Kirkwood	Eastern Cape	Sundays River	1922	188,800	34.527	48
De Hoop Dam	Graaff-Reinet	Western Cape	Kamdeboo River	1938	16,500		15
De Hoop Dam (Limpopo)	Steelpoort	Limpopo	Steelpoort River	2014	-		81
De Villiers Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1910	243	28
Disaneng Dam	Mmabatho	North West	Molopo River	1980	17,400	4.253	17
Doorndraai Dam	Mokopane	Limpopo	Sterk River	1952	43,800	5.606	25
Doring River Dam	Indwe	Eastern Cape	Doring River	1971	19,690	3.592	35
Douglas Weir	Douglas	Northern Cape	Vaal River	1977	16,700	7.991	10
Driekloof Dam		Western Cape	Klip River	1989	263		15
Driekloof Dam	Harrismith	Free State	Nuwejaar Spruit	1979	32,071	1.906	47
Driekoppies Dam	Malelane	Mpumalanga	Lomati River	1998	250,900	18.700	50
Ebenezer Dam	Tzaneen	Limpopo	Groot Letaba River	1959	69,100	3.862	61
Egmont Dam	Van Stadensrus	Free State	Witte Spruit	1937	9,300	2.442	25
Eikenhof Dam	Grabouw	Western Cape	Palmiet River	1977	28,900	2.140	46
Elandskloof Dam	Villiersdorp	Western Cape	Elands River	1976	11,017	0.700	69
Elandskuil Dam		North West	Swartleegte River		1,200
Emmarentia Dam	Johannesburg	Gauteng	Braamfontein Spruit	1912	250	0.09	11
Engelhard Dam	Letaba camp, Kruger National Park	Limpopo	Letaba River
Erfenis Dam	Theunissen	Free State	Groot-Vet River	1960	207,500	32.821	46
Fika-Patso Dam	Phuthaditjhaba	Free State	Namahadi River	1987	28,000	1.585	65
Flag Boshielo Dam	Marble Hall	Limpopo	Olifants River	1987	185,100	12.877	36
Floriskraal Dam	Laingsburg	Western Cape	Buffels River	1957	50,334	7.592	33
Gamkapoort Dam	Prince Albert	Western Cape	Gamka River	1969	37,213	6.015	42
Gariep Dam (Hendrik Verwoerd Dam)	Norvalspont	Free State	Orange River	1971	5,340,600	352.162	88
Glen Alpine Dam	Mokopane	Limpopo	Mogalakwena River	1968	18,900	4.613	28
Goedertrouw Dam	Eshowe	KZN	Mhlatuze River	1982	301,300	11.939	88
Grassridge Dam	Hofmeyer	Eastern Cape	Great Brak River	1924	46,200	14.145	24
Groendal Dam	Uitenhage	Eastern Cape	Swartkops River	1934	12,100	0.960	51
Greater Brandvlei Dam	Worcester	Western Cape	Breede River	1989	474,046	41.122	18
Grootdraai Dam	Standerton	Mpumalanga	Vaal River	1981	349,500	38.813	42
Hartbeespoort Dam	Brits	North West	Crocodile River	1925	186,400	20.652	59
Hazelmere Dam	Hazelmere	KZN	Mdloti River	1977	17,858	1.813	50
Hellsgate Dam	Uitenhage	Eastern Cape	Klip River	1910	120		26
Hely-Hutchinson Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1904	927	36
Heyshope Dam	Piet Retief	Mpumalanga	Assegaai River	1983	451,300	50.238	29
Holo Hlahatse Dam	Jozana's Hoek	Eastern Cape	Hlatimnyama and Mhlangeni Rivers
Impofu Dam	Humansdorp	Eastern Cape	Krom River	1982	105,800	6.350	75
Inanda Dam	Hillcrest	KZN	Umgeni River	1989	241,700	14.633	65
Injaka Dam (also spelled Inyaka)	Hazyview	Mpumalanga	Marite River	2002	123,700	8.111	53
Jericho Dam	Amsterdam	Mpumalanga	Mpama River	1966	59,500	9.825	22
J.L. de Bruin Dam	Burgersdorp	Eastern Cape	Klein Buffel River	1982	21,000
Kalkfontein Dam	Koffiefontein	Free State	Riet River	1938	325,100	37.697	36
Kammanassie Dam	De Rust	Western Cape	Kammanassie River	1923	35,870	3.516	41
Katrivier Dam	Seymour	Eastern Cape	Kat River	1969	24,690	2.129	55
Katse Dam		Lesotho	Malibamat'so River	1996	1,950,000		185
Keerom Dam	Worcester	Western Cape	Nuy River	1954	10,400		40
Kettingspruit Dam		Mpumalanga	tributary of Ketting Spruit	2006	70,000
Kilburn Dam	Bergville	KZN	Mnjaneni River	1981	35,577	1.947	51
Klerkskraal Dam	Ventersdorp	North West	Mooi River	1965	7,900	3.773	15
Klipberg Dam	McGregor	Western Cape	Konings River	1964	1,996		29
Klipdrif Dam	Potchefstroom	North West	Loop Spruit	1918	13,300	4.713	12
Klipkoppie Dam	White River	Mpumalanga	White River	1960	12,256	2.354	20
Klipvoor Dam	Brits	North West	Pienaars River	1970	47,000	7.532	30
Knellpoort Dam	Wepener	Free State	Riet Spruit	1988	130,000	9.854	50
Kogelberg Dam	Grabouw	Western Cape	Palmiet River	1986	19,000	1.426	54
Kommandodrif Dam	Cradock	Eastern Cape	Tarka River	1956	58,114	8.820	39
Koppies Dam	Koppies	Free State	Renoster River	1911	42,300	13.622	25
Kouga Dam (Paul Sauer Dam)	Patensie	Eastern Cape	Kouga River	1969	125,900	5.545	81
Kromfonteinlower (Wilge) Cofferdam	Witbank	Mpumalanga	Steenkool Spruit	1992	13,000	0.300	17
Kromfontein Middle Cofferdam	Witbank	Mpumalanga	Steenkool Spruit	1990	18,000		16
Krugersdrift	Bloemfontein	Free State	Modder River	1970	66,000	18.525	26
Kruismansrivier Dam		Western Cape	Kruismans River	1997	637,900
Kwaggaskloof Dam	Worcester	Western Cape	Wabooms River	1975	173,900	16.876	18
Kwene Dam (Braam Raubenheimer Dam)	Lydenburg	Mpumalanga	Crocodile River	1987	158,900	12.504	52
Lady Grey Dam	Lady Grey	Eastern Cape	Wilgespruit
Laing Dam	East London	Eastern Cape	Buffalo River	1951	19,860	2.038	45
Lake Arthur Dam	Cradock	Eastern Cape	Tarka River	1924	10,700	8.867	38
Lake Mzingazi Dam	Richards Bay	KZN	Mzingazi River	1942	37,000	11.000	8
Lakenvallei Dam	Ceres	Western Cape	Sanddrifskloof River	1974	10,300	0.825	56
Leeu-Gamka Dam	Beaufort West	Western Cape	Leeuw River	1958	42,211	4.258	21
Lindleyspoort Dam	Swartruggens	North West	Elands River	1943	14,381	1.801	39
Lonehill Dam	Sandton	Gauteng	Lonehill Spruit	~1960
Loskop Dam	Groblersdal	Mpumalanga	Olifants River	1939	361,500	24.277	54
Lubisi Dam	Qamata	Eastern Cape	Indwe River	1968	158,000	11.290	52
Luphephe Dam	Musina	Limpopo	Luphephe River	1963	14,000	1.416	42
Madikwe Dam	Madikwe	North West	Thulane River	1976	14,000	4.318	17
Makuleke Dam	Giyani	Limpopo	Mphongolo River	1990	13,000	0.750	22
Marico-Bosveld Dam	Groot Marico	North West	Groot Marico River	1933	27,813	4.376	34
Metz Dam	Trichardsdal	Limpopo	Mortladime River		385,000		18
Middelburg Dam	Middelburg	Mpumalanga	Klein Olifants River	1978	48,435	4.680	36
Middle Letaba Dam	Giyani	Limpopo	Middle Letaba River	1984	171,900	18.787	34
Midmar Dam	Howick	KZN	Umgeni	1965	235,400	15.643	32
Misverstand Dam	Porterville	Western Cape	Berg River	1977	6,400	2.552	26
Modderpoort Dam	Beaufort West	Northern Cape	Rietfontein River	1953	10,000	0.125	15
Mohale Dam		Lesotho	Senqunyane River	2002			144
Mokolo Dam (Hans Strijdom Dam)	Lephalale	Limpopo	Mokolo River	1980	145,400	8.288	57
Molatedi Dam	Zeerust	North West	Marico River	1986	200,800	35.670	23
Molteno Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Table Mountain rivers	1881	200		15
Morgenstond Dam	Amsterdam	Mpumalanga	Ngwempisi River	1978	100,773	9.772	43
Mthatha Dam	Mthatha	Eastern Cape	Mthatha River	1977	253,674	25.417	18
Mutshedzi Dam	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Mutshedzi River	1990	2,300	0.392	25
Nagle Dam	Cato Ridge	KZN	Umgeni River	1950	23,200	1.561	46
Nahoon Dam	East London	Eastern Cape	Nahoon River	1966	19,934	2.347	44
Nandoni Dam	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Levuvhu River	2004	166,100	15.700	47
Ncora Dam	Tsomo	Eastern Cape	Tsomo River	1975	150,100	13.920	44
Ngodwana Dam	Nelspruit	Mpumalanga	Ngodwana River	1984	10,400	8.660	47
Ngotwane Dam	Lobathleng	North West	Ngotwane River	1982	18,800	3.900	19
Nooitgedacht Dam	Carolina	Mpumalanga	Komati River	1962	78,400	4.630	42
Nqweba Dam (Previously Vanryneveld's Pass Dam)	Graaff-Reinet	Eastern Cape	Sundays River	1925	46,369	10.285	42
Nwanedi Dam	Musina	Limpopo	Nwanedi River	1964	5,100		36
Ntshingwayo Dam	Newcastle	KZN	Nsama River	1961	194,600	34.412	28
Nzhelele Dam	Musina	Limpopo	Nzhelele River	1948	51,200	5.442	47
Ohrigstad Dam	Ohrigstad	Mpumalanga	Ohrigstad River	1955	13,400		52
Olifantsnek Dam	Rustenburg	North West	Hex River	1928	14,200	2.548	31
Oudebaaskraal Dam	Ceres	Western Cape	Tankwa River	1969	34,000	8.000	21
Oxkraal Dam	Queenstown	Eastern Cape	Oxkraal River
Phiphidi Dam	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Mutshindudi River	1971	187,355		16
Pietersfontein Dam	Montagu	Western Cape	Pietersfontein River	1968	1,984		33
Pongolapoort Dam	Jozini	KZN	Pongola River	1973	2,267,100	132.728	89
Poortjieskloof Dam	Montagu	Western Cape	Groot River	1955	9,700	1.029	38
Potchefstroom Dam	Potchefstroom	North West	Mooi River
Qedusizi Dam	Ladysmith	KZN	Klip River	1998	133,295	19.594	32
Rhenosterkop Dam	Marble Hall	Limpopo	Elands River	1984	204,600	62.400	36
Rietvlei Dam	Tshwane	Gauteng	Rietvlei River, a tributary to the Hennops River	1933	12,300	1.890	21
Rockview Dam	Grabouw	Western Cape	Palmiet River	1986	16,400	0.778	48
Roodekoppies Dam	Brits	North West	Crocodile River	1984	103,000	15.710	25
Roodeplaat Dam	Tshwane	Gauteng	Pienaars River	1959	41,200	3.952	59
Rustfontein Dam	Thaba Nchu	Free State	Modder River	1955	72,200	11.585	36
Sandile Dam	Keiskammahoek	Eastern Cape	Keiskamma River	1983	30,960	1.460	61
Setumo Dam	Mmabatho	North West	Molopo River	1995	19,600	4.473	17
Shongweni Dam	Hillcrest	KZN	Sterkspruit and Wekeweke Rivers	1927
Silvermine Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape		1898
Slangdraai Dam	Ladysmith	KZN	Sundays River	1986	10,300	2.400	15
Smartt Dam	Britstown	Northern Cape	Ongers River	1912	100,300	31.569	28
Sol Plaatje Dam (Previously Saulspoort Dam)	Bethlehem	Free State	Liebenbergsvlei River	1968	15,676	3.560	24
Spioenkop Dam	Bergville	KZN	Tugela River	1973	270,600	15.314	53
Spitskop Dam	Schmidtsdrift	Northern Cape	Harts River	1974	57,800	25.312	18
Steenbras Dam	Somerset West	Western Cape	Steenbras River	1921	33,897	3.642	37
Steenbras Dam - Upper	Gordons Bay	Western Cape	Steenbras River	1977	32,483	2.750	37
Sterkfontein Dam	Harrismith	Free State	Nuwejaar Spruit	1980	2,616,900	67.260	93
Stettynskloof Dam	Worcester	Western Cape	Holsloot River	1955	14,700	1.004	48
Stompdrift Dam	De Rust	Western Cape	Olifants River	1965	55,300	6.208	49
Taung Dam	Taung	North West	Harts River	1993	58,900	4.650	44
Theewaterskloof Dam	Villiersdorp	Western Cape	Riviersonderend River	1978	480,200	50.822	38
Trichardtsfontein Dam	Trichardt	Mpumalanga	Trichardt Spruit	1981	15,200	2.459	26
Tsojana Dam	Cofimvaba	Eastern Cape	Tsojana River	1978	12,340	2.360	23
Tweedraai Dam	Trichardt	Mpumalanga	Trichardt Spruit	1991	16,000	2.370	21
Tzaneen Dam (previously Fanie Botha Dam)	Tzaneen	Limpopo	Groot Letaba River	1977	157,291	11.636	50
Vaal Barrage	Vanderbijlpark	Gauteng	Vaal River	1923	56,712	13.485	10
Vaal Dam	Deneysville	Free State Gauteng	Vaal River	1939	2,603,400	322.755	63
Vaalharts Storage Weir	Warrenton	North West	Vaal River	1936	48,700	1.189	12
Vaalkop Dam	Beestekraal	North West	Elands River, Hex River	2010	35,000
Vanderkloof Dam (previously P.K. Le Roux Dam)		Northern Cape, Free State	Orange River	1977	3,171,300	133.402	108
Vanwyksvlei Dam	Vanwyksvlei	Northern Cape	Vanwyksvlei	1884	143,081	49.934	15
Victoria Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1895	128	6
Voëlvlei Dam	Gouda	Western Cape	Voëlvlei River	1971	158,600	15.730	10
Vondo Dam	Sibasa	Limpopo	Mutshindudi River	1982	30,540		47
Wagendrift Dam	Estcourt	KZN	Bushmans River	1963	55,900	5.084	41
Waterdown Dam	Whittlesea	Eastern Cape	Klipplaat River	1958	38,400	2.608	44
Welbedacht Dam	Wepener	Free State	Caledon River	1973	10,200	10.185	32
Wemmershoek Dam	Franschhoek	Western Cape	Wemmers River	1957	58,700	2.960	53
Westoe Dam	Amsterdam	Mpumalanga	Usutu River	1968	61,900	7.333	26
Witbank Dam	Witbank	Mpumalanga	Olifants River	1971	104,000	12.112	44
Witklip Dam	Sabie	Mpumalanga	Sand River	1969	12,970	1.875	21
Wolwedans Dam	Mossel Bay	Western Cape	Great Brak River	1990	25,530	1.100	70
Woodhead Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1897	927,000		38
Woodstock Dam	Bergville	KZN	Tugela River	1983	373,300	29.129	49
Wriggleswade Dam	Stutterheim	Eastern Cape	Kubusi River	1991	93,200	10.000	35
Xonxa Dam	Queenstown	Eastern Cape	White Kei River	1974	115,900	12.881	49
Zaaihoek Dam	Wakkerstroom	Mpumalanga	Slang River	1988	184,600	12.446	46

• N ^{^} Nett or working capacity
• G ^{^} Gross or maximum capacity
• I ^{^} The Bedford and Bramhoek dams form part of the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme
• D ^{^} The Driekloof and Kilburn dams form part of the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme
• P ^{^} The Kogelberg and Rockview dams form part of the Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme

See also

• Water supply and sanitation in South Africa
• List of lakes in South Africa
• List of rivers in South Africa
• List of reservoirs and dams
• List of waterfalls of South Africa
• Drought
• Flood
• List of waterways
• Transvasement
• Water Management Areas, also known as WMA's.

References

• List of South African Dams from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (South Africa)
• Department of Water & Environmental Affairs
• SANCOLD, the South African National Committee on Large Dams
• ICOLD, the International Committee on Large Dams

External links

• Reservoir Storage Summaries