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The Steenbras Power Station and the scheme's lower reservoir are situated on the lower slopes of the mountain at an altitude of approximately 100 metres, close to the town of Gordon's Bay and 50 kilometres (30 mi) to the south-east of central Cape Town. A series of tunnels connects the upper reservoir to the power station.
The Cape Town water crisis in South Africa was a multi-year period in 2015–2020 of water shortage in the Western Cape region, most notably affecting the City of Cape Town. 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 ...
Around Cape Town, Western Cape: Breede Water Management Area: 1 039: 18: Breede River, Riviersonderend River, Sout River, Bot River and Palmiet River: Around Cape Aghulas, Western Cape: Crocodile (West) and Marico Water Management Area: 814: 3: Crocodile River and Marico River: Mostly North West: Fish to Tsitsikama Water Management Area: 726: 15
The reservoir shown in the background is formed by the Theewaterskloof Dam. The site of today's Berg river dam is in the valley to the left of the reservoir. The dam will increase the water storage capacity to supply Cape Town, South Africa's second largest metropolitan area, from 768 to 898 million cubic metres (623,000 to 728,000 acre⋅ft). [7]
Area (km 2) [1] Population (2016) [2] Pop. density (per km 2) Cape Winelands District Municipality: DC2 Worcester: 21,473 866,001 40.3 Central Karoo District Municipality: DC5 Beaufort West: 38,854 74,247 1.9 City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality: CPT Cape Town: 2,446 4,005,016 1,637.6 Garden Route District Municipality: DC4 George ...
The Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme consists of two 200 megawatts (270,000 hp) turbine units located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream of the Kogelberg Dam on the Palmiet River near Cape Town, South Africa. [2] The pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant is capable of responding to a surge in peak power demand in minutes. [3]
This is a list of suburbs in the City of Cape Town, South Africa, which includes the city of Cape Town, as well as its surrounding suburbs and exurbs. [1] Each section on this page separates a specific region of Cape Town, in alphabetical order. Within each region, there is a table, with its respective suburbs listed in alphabetical order.
City of Cape Town Total: 2,912: Hydroelectricity ... Western Area 1 GP: 2.97 Private Western Deep Level 70 GP: ... Map all coordinates in "Category: ...