Tugela Vaal Transfer Scheme
The Tugela Vaal water Transfer Scheme is an irrigation project developed in the Drakensberg mountains at the Oliviershoek Pass in South Africa.[1]
The project will thus allow the annual transfer from the
Various pumping stations and water reservoirs have been or are to be created or adapted as part of the implementation of this project.
The main dams built are:
- the Woodstock Dam in KwaZulu-Natal;
- the Kilburn Dam in KwaZulu-Natal;
- the Driekloof Dam in the Free State;
- the Sterkfontein Dam in the Free State.
Currently, the
History
The first phase of the project, which began in 1970, was commissioned on 8 November 1974.[5]
From 1994, the
The works are currently being built gradually, and the project was to be fully completed during the 2010s. The transfer of water from the Tugela River to the Sterkfontein Dam was expected to begin in August 2019, but was delayed to December due to technical and safety issues.[6]
References
- ^ Projects restoring Land and Water (PDF).
- ^ "Sterkfontein Dam, South Africa". Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ Thukela Water Project - Background
- ^ Thukela Water Project - Investigations
- OCLC 1136214008.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ "Tugela–Sterkfontein water transfers to begin in December". 2019-11-25.
See also
- Lesotho Highlands Water Project, another Vaal water supply project, from Lesotho.