Jericho Dam | |
Name Official: | Jericho Dam |
Dam Crosses: | Mpama River |
Res Name: | Jericho Dam Reservoir |
Country: | South Africa |
Operator: | Department of Water Affairs |
Dam Length: | 1 167.8 m |
Dam Height: | 21.3 m |
Dam Type: | C |
Purpose: | Industrial and domestic |
Opening: | 1966/68 |
Res Capacity Total: | 59 300 000 m3[1] |
Res Catchment: | 218 km2 |
Res Surface: | 982.5 ha |
Coordinates: | -26.6542°N 30.4861°W |
Jericho Dam is a combined concrete gravity and earth-fill type dam on the Mpama River, near Amsterdam, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It became operational from 1966 though to 1968 and its primary purpose is to serve for municipal and industrial use.