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PONGOLA POORT DAM
PROVINCE: KwaZulu Natal
RIVER: Pongola River
WALL TYPE: Double Curvature Concrete Arch
WALL HEIGHT: 89 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 2 445 900
COMPLETION: 1973
WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY
VAAL DAM
PROVINCE: FREE STATE
RIVER: Vaal River
WALL TYPE: Concrete Gravity and Earth Fill
WALL HEIGHT: 63 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 2 536 000
COMPLETION: 1938 (raised in 1956 and 1983)
WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY
STERKFONTEIN DAM
PROVINCE: FREE STATE
RIVER: Nuwejaar Spruit
WALL TYPE: Earth Fill
WALL HEIGHT: 93 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 2 616 000
COMPLETION: 1980
WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY
VAN DER KLOOF DAM
PROVINCE: FREE STATE
RIVER: Orange River
WALL TYPE: Double Curvature Concrete Arch
WALL HEIGHT: 107 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 3 187 557
COMPLETION: 1977
WATER IS LIFE - SANITATION IS DIGNITY
GARIEP DAM
PROVINCE: FREE STATE
RIVER: Orange River
WALL TYPE: Double Curvature Concrete Arch
WALL HEIGHT: 88 metresCAPACITY (1000 cubic m): 5 342 932
COMPLETION: 1971