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On the North West Province side lies the Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserve, on the Free State side is the Sandveld Nature Reserve. The town of Bloemhof lies on the north west side of the Vaal River. The dam was commissioned in 1970, has a capacity of 1,269,000,000 cubic metres (4.48 × 10 10 cu ft), [ 1 ] and has an area of 223 square kilometres (86 ...
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It is located on the Free State side of the Bloemhof Dam. The Bloemhof Dam lies where the Vaal River and the Vet River meet on the border between the Free State and North West provinces. The complete area around the dam has been proclaimed a nature reserve. Since it is on the border between two provinces, two separate reserves were established.
Kommandodrift Dam Tarka River 55,9 [2] Koega Dam Koega River 126 [2] Kromrivier Dam Krom River 35,3 [2] Laing Dam Buffalo River 19 [2] Lake Arthur Dam Tarka River 11,3 [2] Loerie Dam Loeriespruit River 3,1 [2] Lubisi Dam Indwe River 113,6 [2] Mabeleni Dam Mhlahlane River 2,1 [2] Macubeni Dam Cacadu River 3,4 [2] Mlanga Dam Mlanga River 1,6 [2 ...
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 ...
The Boston tunnel was filled with 130,000 gallons of stormwater runoff this week after a torrential downpour led officials to close the historic city's roadways. Video shows people slowly driving ...
In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 photo, the remains of the mid-16th century church Temple of Santiago, also known as Temple of Quechula, is visible from the surface of the Grijalva River, which feeds ...
By the end of the 2017 dry season, Theewaterskloof had declined to a level of 12.9%, with the last 10% mostly unreachable. A storm in June 2017 brought heavy rain, increasing the level to 15%, but overall rainfall in 2017 remained very low. Media footage of the declining dam level sparked the importance of conserving water. [5]