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|open= 1934<ref name="RWTP-pdf"/><ref name="RietvleiNR-CityofTshwane">{{cite web|url=http://www.tshwane.gov.za/rietvlei_history.cfm|title=Rietvlei Nature Reserve: Historic Background|publisher=City of Pretoria|accessdate=2008-10-19}}</ref> |
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The '''Rietvlei dam''' is one of a number of dams supplying water to the [[Pretoria]] region of [[South Africa]]. It supplies around 41 million liters of drinking water daily,<ref name="RWTP-pdf"/> about 5.9% of the water requirement of [[Pretoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshwane.gov.za/documents/state_of_the_environment_2004.pdf|title=State of the Environment Report for the City of Tshwane 2001-2002|publisher=City of Pretoria|accessdate=2008-11-25}}</ref> |
The '''Rietvlei dam''' is an earth-fill type dam and is is one of a number of dams supplying water to the [[Pretoria]] region of [[South Africa]]. It supplies around 41 million liters of drinking water daily,<ref name="RWTP-pdf"/> about 5.9% of the water requirement of [[Pretoria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshwane.gov.za/documents/state_of_the_environment_2004.pdf|title=State of the Environment Report for the City of Tshwane 2001-2002|publisher=City of Pretoria|accessdate=2008-11-25}}</ref>. The dam mainly serves for municipal and industrial use. Its hazard potential has been ranked high (3)<ref>{{cite web|title=_sustinvent+|url=http://kt75-mirror.blogspot.ch/p/kt75-interactive.html|publisher=_kt75 {{!}} mirror}}</ref>. |
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Constructed as a brick dam wall in 1934, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wall on top of the original wall. |
Constructed as a brick dam wall in 1934, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wall on top of the original wall. |
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The Rietvlei dam is an earth-fill type dam and is is one of a number of dams supplying water to the Pretoria region of South Africa. It supplies around 41 million liters of drinking water daily,[2] about 5.9% of the water requirement of Pretoria.[4]. The dam mainly serves for municipal and industrial use. Its hazard potential has been ranked high (3)[5].
Constructed as a brick dam wall in 1934, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wall on top of the original wall.
The dam is fed by the Rietvlei, a river of the Crocodile River (West) basin, as well as by five fountains and five boreholes.
The Rietvlei Nature Reserve occupies the area immediately surrounding the dam.
See also
References
- ^ "A Preliminary assessment of the present ecological state of the major rivers and streams within the Northern Service Delivery Region of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality" (PDF). Water Institute of Southern Africa. p. 5. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ a b c d e f "Rietvlei Water Treatment Plant" (PDF). City of Pretoria. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "Rietvlei Nature Reserve: Historic Background". City of Pretoria. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
- ^ "State of the Environment Report for the City of Tshwane 2001-2002" (PDF). City of Pretoria. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
- ^ "_sustinvent+". _kt75 | mirror.
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