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Map of the Steenbras Dams and their catchment area. The dam is on the Steenbras River, which, in common with most rivers in the Western Cape, has a low sediment load and delivers water of very high quality. The river and dam are named after the steenbras, a fish endemic to South Africa. [2] [3]
Map of the Steenbras system, including the dams and the power station. The Steenbras Upper Dam impounds the Steenbras River at an altitude of approximately 375 metres in the Hottentots Holland Mountains, upstream of the original Steenbras Dam (which is not part of the hydroelectric scheme).
The river was dammed in the early 20th century as a water supply for Cape Town. The Steenbras Dam originally had a capacity of 2.9 x 10 6 m 3 and was completes in 1921. It was extended by raiding the wall in 1928 and 1952, to a capacity of 34.3 x 10 6 m 3 [2] In 1977 the Steenbras Upper Dam was constructed directly upstream.
Dam water levels began decreasing in 2015 and the Cape Town water crisis peaked during mid-2017 to mid-2018 when water levels hovered between 14 and 29 percent of total dam capacity. In late 2017, there were first mentions of plans for "Day Zero", a shorthand reference for the day when the water level of the major dams supplying the City could ...
S ^ The Steenbras Dam – Upper and Steenbras Hydro-Electric Lower Dam form part of the Steenbras Pumped Storage Scheme; V ^ The Voëlvlei Dam is an off-channel reservoir supplied by canals from the Klein Berg River, Leeu River and Vier-en-Twintig River, and discharging by canal into the Great Berg River.
Steenbras Upper Dam is an earth-fill type dam located in the Hottentots Holland Mountains above Gordons Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. It impounds the Steenbras River upstream of the older Steenbras Dam. The dam was constructed in 1977 for the City of Cape Town and serves mainly for municipal and industrial use. The hazard potential of ...
Google Maps Street View Trekker backpack being implemented on the sidewalk of the Hudson River Greenway in New York City. In late 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View, including 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) of the Australian Great Barrier Reef in 3D. The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots ...
Steenbras Dam, view from N2. The Hottentots Holland Mountains are part of the Cape Fold Belt in the Western Cape, South Africa.The mountain range forms a barrier between the Cape Town metropolitan area and the southern Overberg coast.
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