Kouga Dam
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| Kouga Dam | |
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 Kouga Dam |
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| Official name | Kouga Dam |
| Country | South Africa |
| Location | Eastern Cape Province |
| Coordinates | 33°44′26″S 24°35′16″E / 33.7406°S 24.5877°ECoordinates: 33°44′26″S 24°35′16″E / 33.7406°S 24.5877°E |
| Opening date | 1969 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Height | 81 metres (266 ft) |
| Length | 317 metres (1,040 ft) |
| Impounds | Kouga River |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Kouga Dam Reservoir |
| Capacity | 128,700,000 cubic metres (4.54×109 cu ft) |
| Catchment area | 388,700 hectares (960,000 acres) |
| Surface area | 555 hectares (1,370 acres) |
The Kouga Dam(formerly: Paul Sauer Dam prior to 1995[1]) supplies irrigations water to the Kouga and Gamtoos valleys as well as drinking water to the Port Elizabeth metropolitan area via the Lourie, South Africa balancing dam.[2]
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The dam can be accessed by following the R330 and then the R331 from the N2 at Humansdorp. All but the last 4km is tarred road and there is a short tunnel just before the dam wall.
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[edit] Power plant
| Kouga Dam Power Station | |
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| Status | Mothballed |
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| Generation units | 3 |
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| Installed capacity | 3.6 Megawatt[3] |
There are three 1200 kVA hydroelectric turbines at the base of the dam, but they are currently not in use.
[edit] See also
- List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
- List of rivers of South Africa
- South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
[edit] References
- ^ "FRESH WATER and MARINE RESOURCES". http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/untpdc/incubator/africahp/zaf/za7.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ Gamtoos Tourism
- ^ "Kouga Dam". Gamtoos Tourism. http://www.baviaans.net/index.php?page=page&menu_id=3&submenu_id=6. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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