| Kilburn Dam | |
| Name Official: | Kilburn Dam |
| Dam Crosses: | Majaneni River[1] |
| Res Name: | Kilburn Dam Reservoir |
| Location: | KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Owner: | Department of Water Affairs |
| Dam Length: | 1100m (3,600feet)[2] |
| Dam Height: | 48m (157feet) |
| Dam Type: | earth-fill |
| Opening: | 1981 |
| Res Capacity Total: | 36700ML |
| Res Catchment: | 30km2 |
| Res Surface: | 207ha |
| Plant Operator: | Eskom |
| Plant Commission: | 1981 |
| Plant Type: | Pumped Storage |
| Plant Turbines: | 4 |
| Plant Capacity: | 1000MW |
| Coordinates: | -28.5846°N 29.0945°W |
| Location Map: | South Africa |
The Kilburn Dam, an earth-fill type dam and part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project and Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme, is located lower than the Sterkfontein Dam, on the Mnjaneni River, near Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, province of South Africa. The dam was commissioned in 1981, has a capacity of, and a surface area of, the dam wall is high. The main purpose of the dam assembly is to serve for the generation of hydro-electricity and its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).