The Rietvlei dam is an earth-fill type dam and is one of a number of dams supplying water to the

Pretoria Pretoria ( ; ) is the Capital of South Africa, administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country. Pretoria strad ...

region of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. It supplies around 41 million liters of drinking water daily, about 5.9% of the water requirement of

. The dam mainly serves for municipal and industrial use. Its hazard potential has been ranked high (3). Constructed as an earth-fill dam wall with a brick core in 1932/4, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wave wall and a reinforced earth barrier wall, as well as a surfaced roadway, on top of the original wall. The dam is fed by the Rietvlei, a river of the

Crocodile River (Limpopo) The Crocodile River (, ) is a river in South Africa. At its confluence with the Marico River, the Limpopo River is formed. Course The Crocodile River has its River source, source in the Witwatersrand ridge, originating in Constantia Kloof, Rood ...

basin, as well as by five fountains and five boreholes. The

Rietvlei Nature Reserve Rietvlei Nature Reserve, located in southern Pretoria, is about in size, and includes the entirety of the Rietvlei Dam which impounds the Rietvlei River, in Gauteng, South Africa. The reserve is wedged between the R21 highway ( OR Tambo Air ...

occupies the area immediately surrounding the dam.

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Ecological State of the Major Rivers and Streams within the Northern Service Delivery Region of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan MunicipalityRietvlei Dam - A fishing guide
Dams completed in 1934 Dams in South Africa Crocodile River (Limpopo) 1934 establishments in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-dam-stub

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