Wemmershoek


Photo by Paul Hoekman | CC BY-SA 4.0 | 2018
Coordinates: -33.823336, 19.0932
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Category:
Water and sanitation

Description

Wemmershoek Dam was completed in 1957 and was the second of Cape Town’s dams to be constructed at a remove from Table Mountain. It is nearly double the capacity of Steenbras Lower Dam and is the largest dam owned by the City of Cape Town. In an engineering first in South Africa, it was constructed using a clay wall and rockfill embankment rather than a traditional masonry and cement dam wall, which significantly reduced the cost. The dam is in a beautiful setting in the Wemmershoek Mountains and contains very high quality water that requires relatively little treatment.

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Wemmershoek Dam, completed in 1957, is set in the Wemmershoek Mountains and is one of the 14 supply dams of the city. Image Paul Hoekman 2018
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Record history

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July 5, 2018, 5:18 a.m. Paul Hoekman Reference space create from source document