| Driekloof Dam | |
| Location Map: | South Africa |
| Name Official: | Driekloof Dam |
| Dam Crosses: | Nuwejaar Spruit |
| Res Name: | Driekloof Dam |
| Location: | Free State, South Africa |
| Operator: | Department of Water Affairs and Forestry / Eskom |
| Dam Length: | 500m (1,600feet) |
| Dam Height: | 47m (154feet) |
| Opening: | 1979 |
| Res Capacity Total: | 35.6e6m3 |
| Res Catchment: | 191ha |
| Coordinates: | -28.5165°N 29.0634°W |
Driekloof Dam is a small section of the Sterkfontein Dam, Free State, South Africa. A section of the Sterkfontein Dam reservoir is isolated after the construction of Driekloof Dam, this small reservoir has a capacity of 35.6e6m3.,[1] together with the Kilburn Dam almost lower, Driekloof forms part of Eskom's Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme and Tugela-Vaal Water Project, and provides for up to of electricity storage in the form of of water. The water is pumped to Driekloof during times of low national power consumption (generally over weekends) and released back into Kilburn through four turbine generators in times of high electricity demand.[2]
The scheme is operated in such a way that there is a net pumping of up to 631e6m3/annum depending upon the water availability in the Tugela catchment (Woodstock Dam) as well as the need for augmentation in the Vaal Dam catchment.
The Driekloof Dam was commissioned in 1979, has a capacity of 32071m2, and a surface area of, the Dam wall is high.