The Kilburn Dam, part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project and Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme

Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme

Construction on the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme started in 1974 and was completed by 1981.Four dams are involved in the scheme; the Driekloof Dam , the Kilburn Dam, the Woodstock Dam and the Driel Barrage. Electricity generation equipment is located between Driekloof Dam and Kilburn Dam...

, is located 500 metres (1,640.4 ft) lower than the Sterkfontein Dam

Sterkfontein Dam

The Sterkfontein Dam, located just outside the town of Harrismith, in the Free State, province of South Africa, is part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project, and located on the Nuwejaarspruit, in the upper catchment area of the Vaal River...

, on the Mnjaneni River, near Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

, province of South Africa

South Africa

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. The dam was commissioned in 1981, has a capacity of 35577 cubic metres (1,256,389.9 cu ft), and a surface area of 1.947 square kilometre (0.751740902779666 sq mi), the dam wall is 51 metres (167.3 ft) high.

See also

• Sterkfontein Dam
  Sterkfontein Dam
  The Sterkfontein Dam, located just outside the town of Harrismith, in the Free State, province of South Africa, is part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project, and located on the Nuwejaarspruit, in the upper catchment area of the Vaal River...
  
  
• Driekloof Dam
  Driekloof Dam
  Driekloof Dam is a small section of the Sterkfontein Dam, Free State, South Africa. A section of the Sterkfontein Dam reservoir is isolated after the construction of Driekloof Dam, this small reservoir has a capacity of ., together with the Kilburn Dam almost 500 meters lower, Driekloof forms part...
  
  
• Woodstock Dam
  Woodstock Dam
  Woodstock Dam is located on the upper reaches of the Tugela, KwaZulu-Natal, province South Africa and is the main source of water for the Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme....
  
  
• Spioenkop Dam
  Spioenkop Dam
  Spioenkop Dam impounds the Tugela River in KwaZulu-Natal. It is located within a nature reserve by the same name. The dam was commissioned in 1973, has a capacity of , and a surface area of , the dam wall is high....
  
  
• List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
• List of rivers of South Africa