List of dams in South Africa explained

The following is a partial list of dams in South Africa.

In South African English (as well as Afrikaans), a dam refers to both the wall as well as the reservoir or lake that builds up as a consequence.^[1]

List of dams (reservoirs)

Name (Alt.)	Nearest locale	province	Impounds	Year completed (commissioned)	data-sort-type="number" scope="col" style="width:120px;"	Reservoir volume ML	Surface area (km^2)	Wall height (meter)	Map ref
Albasini Dam	Louis Trichardt	Limpopo	Levubu River (Luvuvhu River)	1952	28,200 ^[2]	3.498	34	-23.1083°N 30.13°W
Albert Falls Dam	Pietermaritzburg	KZN	Umgeni River	1976	288,100 ^[3]	23.521	33	-29.4361°N 30.3883°W
Alexandra Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1903	126^[4]	0.03	12.1	-33.9881°N 18.4117°W
Allemanskraal Dam	Ventersburg	Free State	Sand River	1960	174,500 ^[5]	26.481	38	-28.2875°N 27.1503°W
Alphen Dam	Stellenbosch	Western Cape	Bonte River	1990	70	0.8	18.3	-34.0117°N 18.8736°W
Arieskraal Dam	Grabouw	Western Cape	Palmiet River	1987	17,330	1.42		-34.2444°N 18.9842°W
Armenia Dam	Hobhouse	Free State	Leeu River	1954	13,000	3.933	22	-29.3644°N 27.1289°W
Beervlei Dam	Willowmore	Eastern Cape	Groot River	1957	85,800 ^[6]	23.145	31	-33.0769°N 23.4906°W
Bedford Dam	NE van Reenen Pass	Free State		2011	22,000 ^[7] ^[8]	2.55	41	-28.2389°N 29.5856°W
Berg River Dam	Franschhoek	Western Cape	Berg River	2007	130,010	5.260	68	-33.9094°N 19.0558°W
Binfield Park Dam	Alice, Eastern Cape	Eastern Cape	Tyhume River	1986 (1987)	36,830	1.870	60	-32.6986°N 26.905°W
Bivane Dam (Paris Dam)	Vryheid	KZN	Bivane River	2000	115,200	7	72	-27.5194°N 31.0542°W
Bloemhoek Dam	Kroonstad	Free State	Jordaan Spruit	1976	26,400	2.800	28	-27.6336°N 27.2833°W
Bloemhof Dam (Oppermansdrif)	Bloemhof	border North West Free State	Vaal River	1970	1,240,200	230.665	33	-27.6681°N 25.6175°W
Blyderivierpoort Dam	Hoedspruit	Mpumalanga	Blyde River	1974	54,400 ^[9]	2.494	71	-24.5375°N 30.7889°W
Boegoeberg Dam	Prieska	Northern Cape	Orange River	1929	19,800 ^[10]	7.423	12	-29.0417°N 22.2036°W
Bon Accord Dam	Tshwane	Gauteng	Apies River	1925	4,400 ^[11]	1.440	18	-25.6292°N 28.1892°W
Bongolo Dam (Bonkolo)	Queenstown	Eastern Cape	Komani River	1908	7,015	1.1	24	-31.8678°N 26.9208°W
Boskop Dam	Potchefstroom	North West	Mooi River	1959	20,840 ^[12]	3.741	33	-26.5617°N 27.1114°W
Boschmanskop No 1 Dam	Middelburg	Mpumalanga	Woes-Alleen River	1995	14,400	0.185	22	-26.0183°N 29.6306°W
Bospoort Dam	Rustenburg	North West	Hex River	1933	15,800	3.741	28	-25.5625°N 27.3539°W
Bramhoek Dam	NE van Reenen Pass	KZN	Braamhoek Spruit	2011	22,000	2.56	27.5	-28.3114°N 29.5764°W
Brandvlei Dam	Rawsonville	Western Cape	Lower Brandvlei River	1983	286,040	24.49	14	-33.6889°N 19.3778°W
Bridle Drift Dam	East London	Eastern Cape	Buffels River	1969	101,600	7.460	55	-32.9894°N 27.7206°W
Bronkhorstspruit Dam	Bronkhorstspruit	Gauteng	Bronkhorst Spruit	1950	57,400	9.609	35	-25.8875°N 28.7208°W
Buffeljags Dam	Swellendam	Western Cape	Buffeljags River	1967	4,540	1.269	24	-34.0186°N 20.5328°W
Buffelspoort Dam	Rustenburg	North West	Sterkstroom River	1934	10,251	1.357	34	-25.7806°N 27.4836°W
Ceres Koekedouw Dam	Ceres	Western Cape	Koekedouw River	2001	17,200	1.07	60	-33.3625°N 19.2753°W
Churchill Dam (Krom River Dam)	Kareedouw	Eastern Cape	Krom River	1943	35,500^[13]	2.492	43	-34.0008°N 24.4933°W
Clanwilliam Dam	Clanwilliam	Western Cape	Olifants River	1935	121,800^[14]	11.236	43	-32.1847°N 18.8747°W
Craigie Burn Dam	Greytown	KZN	Mnyamvubu River	1963	22,500	2.073	38	-29.1631°N 30.2839°W
Dap Naudé Dam	Polokwane	Limpopo	Broederstroom River	1958	1,900	.281	23	-23.8136°N 29.9664°W
Da Gama Dam	White River	Mpumalanga	Witwaters River	1971	13,578	1.289	38	-25.1417°N 31.0169°W
Damani Dam (Mvuwe Dame)	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Mbwedi River	1991	11,000	1.30	28	-22.8508°N 30.5156°W
Darlington Dam (Lake Mentz)	Kirkwood	Eastern Cape	Sundays River	1922	188,800	34.527	48	-33.2061°N 25.1497°W
De Bos Dam	Hemel En Aarde	Western Cape	Onus River	1994	5,740	0.43	24	-34.3681°N 19.2336°W
De Hoop Dam	Graaff-Reinet	Eastern Cape	Kamdeboo River	1938	14,500		21	-32.4503°N 24.4178°W
De Hoop Dam (Limpopo)	Steelpoort	Limpopo	Steelpoort River	2014	348,700	16.9	81	-24.9575°N 29.9564°W
De Villiers Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1910	243	28		-33.9919°N 18.4097°W
Disaneng Dam	Mmabatho	North West	Molopo River	1980	17,400	4.253	17	-25.8236°N 25.3056°W
Doorndraai Dam	Mokopane	Limpopo	Sterk River	1952	43,800	5.606	25	-24.2792°N 28.7669°W
Doring River Dam	Indwe	Eastern Cape	Doring River	1971	19,690	3.592	35	-31.5131°N 27.3417°W
Douglas Weir	Douglas	Northern Cape	Vaal River	1977	16,700	7.991	10	-29.0436°N 23.8364°W
Driekloof Dam	Hermanus	Western Cape	Klip River	1989	263	0.56	15	-28.5329°N 29.0683°W
Driekloof Dam	Harrismith	Free State	Nuwejaar Spruit	1979	32,071	1.906	47	-28.5169°N 29.0669°W
Driekoppies Dam	Malelane	Mpumalanga	Lomati River	1998	250,900	18.700	50	-25.7117°N 31.5303°W
Driel Barrage	Bergville	KZN	Tugela River	1973	8700	2.99	22	-28.7628°N 29.2908°W
Ebenezer Dam	Tzaneen	Limpopo	Groot Letaba River	1959	69,100	3.862	61	-23.9417°N 29.9836°W
Egmont Dam	Van Stadensrus	Free State	Witte Spruit	1937	9300	2.442	25	-30.0528°N 27.0275°W
Eikenhof Dam	Grabouw	Western Cape	Palmiet River	1977	28,900	2.40	46	-34.1294°N 19.0347°W
Elandskloof Dam	Villiersdorp	Western Cape	Elands River	1976	11,017	0.700	69	-33.9503°N 19.2836°W
Elandskuil Dam		North West	Swartleegte River	1969	1181	0.45	11	-26.3428°N 26.7783°W
Emmarentia Dam	Johannesburg	Gauteng	Braamfontein Spruit	1912	250 ^[15]	0.09	11	-26.1503°N 28.0058°W
Engelhard Dam	Letaba camp, Kruger National Park	Limpopo	Letaba River	~1975				-23.8417°N 31.6375°W
Erfenis Dam	Theunissen	Free State	Groot-Vet River	1960	206,100	32.821	46	-28.5108°N 26.7772°W
Fika-Patso Dam	Phuthaditjhaba	Free State	Namahadi River	1987	28,000	1.585	65	-28.6722°N 28.8567°W
Flag Boshielo Dam	Marble Hall	Limpopo	Olifants River	1987	185,100	12.877	36	-24.7833°N 29.4278°W
Floriskraal Dam	Laingsburg	Western Cape	Buffels River	1957	50,334	7.592	33	-33.2917°N 20.9906°W
Gamkapoort Dam	Prince Albert	Western Cape	Gamka River	1969	37,213	6.015	42	-33.3092°N 21.6336°W
Garden Route Dam	George	Western Cape	Swart River	1984	9,980	0.871		-33.9642°N 22.5142°W
Gariep Dam (Hendrik Verwoerd Dam)	Norvalspont	Free State	Orange River	1971	5,340,600	352.162	88	-30.625°N 25.5161°W
Glen Alpine Dam	Mokopane	Limpopo	Mogalakwena River	1968	18,900	4.613	28	-23.1917°N 28.6847°W
Glen Melville Dam	Grahamstown	Eastern Cape	Orange–Fish River Tunnel	1992	6,300			-33.185°N 26.6553°W
Goedertrouw Dam	Eshowe	KZN	Mhlatuze River	1982	301,300^[16]	11.939	88	-28.7714°N 31.4686°W
Grassridge Dam	Hofmeyer	Eastern Cape	Great Brak River	1924	46,200	14.145	24	-31.7583°N 25.4669°W
Grey Dam	Grahamstown	Eastern Cape	Bloukrans River	1859	68^[17]			-33.3247°N 26.5278°W
Groendal Dam	Uitenhage	Eastern Cape	Swartkops River	1934	12,100	0.960	51		-33.7072°N 25.2658°W
Grootdraai Dam	Standerton	Mpumalanga	Vaal River	1981	349,500	38.813	42	-26.9192°N 29.2836°W
Gubu Dam	Stutterheim	Eastern Cape	Gubu River	1971	8,666	1.1	26	-32.6097°N 27.2781°W
Hartbeespoort Dam	Brits	North West	Crocodile River	1925	186,400	20.652	59	-25.7258°N 27.8486°W
Hazelmere Dam	Hazelmere	KZN	Mdloti River	1977	37,133	1.813	50	-29.6003°N 31.0417°W
Hellsgate Dam	Uitenhage	Eastern Cape	Klip River	1910	120		26
Hely-Hutchinson Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1904	925	0.16		-33.9772°N 18.4078°W
Heyshope Dam	Piet Retief	Mpumalanga	Assegaai River	1983	451,300	50.238	29	-26.9958°N 30.5306°W
Hluhluwe Dam	Hluhluwe	KZN	Hluhluwe River	1965	25,900	3.64	33	-28.1219°N 32.1792°W
Holo Hlahatse Dam	Jozana's Hoek Sterkspruit	Eastern Cape	Hlatimnyama and Mhlangeni Rivers		10,000	0.8	30	-30.6367°N 27.3697°W
Howieson's Poort Dam (Howison's Poort)	Grahamstown	Eastern Cape	Kariega River	1931	227			-33.3858°N 26.4831°W
Impofu Dam	Humansdorp	Eastern Cape	Krom River	1982	105,800	6.350	75	-34.0956°N 24.6903°W
Inanda Dam	Hillcrest	KZN	Umgeni River	1989	241,700	14.633	65	-29.7003°N 30.8669°W
Injaka Dam (also spelled Inyaka)	Hazyview	Mpumalanga	Marite River	2002	123,700	8.111	53	-24.885°N 31.0847°W
Jericho Dam	Amsterdam	Mpumalanga	Mpama River	1966	59,500	9.825	22	-26.6542°N 30.4861°W
J.L. de Bruin Dam	Burgersdorp	Eastern Cape	Klein Buffel River	1982	1696	0.06	15	-31.0289°N 26.6236°W
Kalkfontein Dam	Koffiefontein	Free State	Riet River	1938	325,100	37.697	36	-29.4958°N 25.2222°W
Kammanassie Dam	De Rust	Western Cape	Kammanassie River	1923	35,870	3.516	41	35	-33.6442°N 22.4086°W
Katrivier Dam	Seymour	Eastern Cape	Kat River	1969	24,690	2.129	55	-32.5708°N 26.7503°W
Katse Dam		Lesotho	Malibamat'so River	1996	1,950,000	35.80	185	-29.3369°N 28.5061°W
Keerom Dam	Worcester	Western Cape	Nuy River	1954	10,400	1.17	40	-33.5861°N 19.7075°W
Kettingspruit Dam		Mpumalanga	tributary of Ketting Spruit	2006	70,000	0.027	8.5	-24.1694°N 30.5167°W
Kilburn Dam	Bergville	KZN	Mnjaneni River	1981	35,577	1.947	51	-28.5903°N 29.1042°W
Kleinplaats Dam	Simon's Town	Western Cape			1,368	0.24
Klerkskraal Dam	Ventersdorp	North West	Mooi River	1965	7,900	3.773	15	-26.2331°N 27.1486°W
Klipberg Dam	McGregor	Western Cape	Konings River	1964	1,980	0.26	29	-33.9414°N 19.7933°W
Klipdrif Dam	Potchefstroom	North West	Loop Spruit	1918	13,300	4.713	12	-26.6167°N 27.3003°W
Klipfontein Dam	Vryheid	KZN	White Mfolozi River	1983	18,080	2.95	28	-27.8364°N 30.8142°W
Klipkoppie Dam	White River	Mpumalanga	White River	1960	12,256	2.354	20	-25.2169°N 31.0194°W
Klipvoor Dam	Brits	North West	Pienaars River	1970	47,000	7.532	30	-25.1317°N 27.8092°W
Knellpoort Dam	Wepener	Free State	Riet Spruit	1988	130,000	9.854	50	-29.7817°N 26.8886°W
Kogelberg Dam	Grabouw	Western Cape	Palmiet River	1986	17,330	1.428	54	-34.2158°N 18.9753°W
Kommandodrif Dam	Cradock	Eastern Cape	Tarka River	1956	58,114	8.820	39	-32.1169°N 26.0525°W
Koppies Dam	Koppies	Free State	Renoster River	1911	42,300	13.622	25	-27.2569°N 27.6708°W
Korintepoort Dam	Krantz Kloof	Western Cape	Korinte River	1966	8,090	1.029	16	-34.0047°N 21.1656°W
Kouga Dam (Paul Sauer Dam)	Patensie	Eastern Cape	Kouga River	1969	125,900	5.545	81	-33.7411°N 24.5883°W
Kromfonteinlower (Wilge) Cofferdam	Witbank	Mpumalanga	Steenkool Spruit	1992	13,000	0.300	17	-26.0833°N 29.2583°W
Kromfontein Middle Cofferdam	Witbank	Mpumalanga	Steenkool Spruit	1990	18,000		16	-26.1167°N 29.2556°W
Krugersdrift	Bloemfontein	Free State	Modder River	1970	66,000	18.525	26	-28.8836°N 25.9583°W
Kruismansrivier Dam		Western Cape	Kruismans River	1997	1,500	0.18	18	-32.7431°N 18.8361°W
Kwaggaskloof Dam	Worcester	Western Cape	Wabooms River	1975	169,410	16.12	18	-33.7628°N 19.4717°W
Kwene Dam (Braam Raubenheimer Dam)	Lydenburg	Mpumalanga	Crocodile River	1987	158,900	12.504	52	-25.3625°N 30.375°W
Lady Grey Dam	Lady Grey	Eastern Cape	Wilgespruit	1925	153	0.018	23	-30.7114°N 27.2406°W
Laing Dam	East London	Eastern Cape		Buffalo River	1951	19,860	2.038	45	-32.9664°N 27.4894°W
Lake Arthur Dam	Cradock	Eastern Cape	Tarka River	1924	10,700	8.867	38	-32.2169°N 25.8292°W
Lake Mzingazi Dam	Richards Bay	KZN	Mzingazi River	1942	37,000	11.000	8	-28.7669°N 32.0836°W
Lakenvallei Dam	Ceres	Western Cape	Sanddrifskloof River	1974	10,300	0.825	56	-33.3667°N 19.5811°W
Land-en-Zeezicht Dam	Helderberg	Western Cape			451
Leeu-Gamka Dam	Beaufort West	Western Cape	Leeuw River	1958	13,600	4.258	21	15	-32.6231°N 22.0036°W
Lewis Gay Dam	Simon's Town	Western Cape			182
Lindleyspoort Dam	Swartruggens	North West	Elands River	1943	14,381	1.801	39	-25.4972°N 26.6922°W
Loskop Dam	Groblersdal	Mpumalanga	Olifants River	1939	361,500	24.277	54	-25.4169°N 29.3503°W
Lubisi Dam	Qamata	Eastern Cape	Indwe River	1968	158,000	11.290	52	-31.7958°N 27.4167°W
Luphephe Dam	Musina	Limpopo	Luphephe River	1963	14,000	1.416	42	-22.6344°N 30.4022°W
Madikwe Dam	Madikwe	North West	Thulane River	1976	14,000	4.318	17	-25.3933°N 26.5975°W
Makuleke Dam	Giyani	Limpopo	Mphongolo River	1990	13,000	0.750	22	-22.8675°N 30.905°W
Marico-Bosveld Dam	Groot Marico	North West	Groot Marico River	1933	27,813	4.376	34	-25.4708°N 26.3972°W
Metz Dam	Trichardsdal	Limpopo	Mortladime River		385	0.55	18
Middelburg Dam	Middelburg	Mpumalanga	Klein Olifants River	1978	48,435	4.680	36	-25.7753°N 29.5461°W
Middle Letaba Dam	Giyani	Limpopo	Middle Letaba River	1984	171,900^[18]	18.787	34	-23.2739°N 30.4033°W
Midmar Dam	Howick	KZN	Umgeni	1965	235,400	15.643	32	-29.4953°N 30.2003°W
Misverstand Dam	Porterville	Western Cape	Berg River	1977	6,400	2.552	26	-33.0256°N 18.7889°W
Modderpoort Dam	Beaufort West	Northern Cape	Rietfontein River	1953	10,000	0.125	15	15	-31.9453°N 22.1444°W
Mohale Dam		Lesotho	Senqunyane River	2002	938,000	22.0	144	-29.4567°N 28.0958°W
Mokolo Dam (Hans Strijdom Dam)	Lephalale	Limpopo	Mokolo River	1980	145,400	8.288	57	-23.975°N 27.7169°W
Molatedi Dam	Zeerust	North West	Marico River	1986	200,800	35.670	23	-24.8703°N 26.4503°W
Molteno Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Table Mountain rivers	1881	3,000	0.36	15	-33.9383°N 18.4119°W
Morgenstond Dam	Amsterdam	Mpumalanga	Ngwempisi River	1978	100,773	9.772	43	-26.7111°N 30.5447°W
Moutloatsi Setlogelo Dam (Groothoek)	Thaba Nchu	Free State	Kgabanyane River	1981	12,000	2.5	29	-29.3033°N 26.8469°W
Mthatha Dam	Mthatha	Eastern Cape	Mthatha River	1977	253,674	25.417	18	-31.5506°N 28.74°W
Mutshedzi Dam	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Mutshedzi River	1990	2,300	0.392	25	-22.9486°N 30.1611°W
Nagle Dam	Cato Ridge	KZN	Umgeni River	1950	23,200	1.561	46	-29.5836°N 30.6169°W
Nahoon Dam	East London	Eastern Cape	Nahoon River	1966	19,934	2.347	44	-32.91°N 27.8153°W
Nandoni Dam	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Levuvhu River	2004	166,100	15.700	47	-22.9808°N 30.5981°W
Ncora Dam	Tsomo	Eastern Cape	Tsomo River	1975	150,100	13.920	44	-31.7875°N 27.6669°W
Ngodwana Dam	Nelspruit	Mpumalanga	Ngodwana River	1984	10,400	8.660	47	-25.5836°N 30.6681°W
Ngotwane Dam	Lobatieng	North West	Ngotwane River	1982	18,800	3.900	19	-25.1989°N 25.8131°W
Nooitgedacht Dam (Vygeboom)	Carolina	Mpumalanga	Komati River	1962	78,400	4.630	42	-25.9503°N 30.0836°W
Nsami Dam (Hudson Ntsanwisi Dam)	Giyani	Limpopo	Nsama River	1976	21,900	5.15	24	-23.2544°N 30.7706°W
Nqweba Dam (Previously Vanryneveld's Pass Dam)	Graaff-Reinet	Eastern Cape	Sundays River	1925	46,369	10.285	42		-32.2356°N 24.5281°W
Nwanedi Dam	Musina	Limpopo	Nwanedi River	1964	5,100	0.56	36	-22.635°N 30.3989°W
Ntshingwayo Dam (Chelmsford Dam)	Newcastle	KZN	Nsama River	1961	194,600	34.412	28		-27.9533°N 29.95°W
Nzhelele Dam	Musina	Limpopo	Nzhelele River	1948	51,200	5.442	47	-22.7247°N 30.0953°W
Ohrigstad Dam	Ohrigstad	Mpumalanga	Ohrigstad River	1955	13,400^[19]	0.99	52	-24.9331°N 30.6317°W
Olifantsnek Dam	Rustenburg	North West	Hex River	1928	14,200	2.548	31	-25.7842°N 27.2644°W
Oudebaaskraal Dam	Ceres	Western Cape	Tankwa River	1969	34,000	8.000	21	-32.3906°N 19.8931°W
Oxkraal Dam	Queenstown	Eastern Cape	Oxkraal River	1989	14,900	2.2	30	-32.2119°N 26.7533°W
Phiphidi Dam	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Mutshindudi River	1971	187,355		16
Pietersfontein Dam	Montagu	Western Cape	Pietersfontein River	1968	1,984	0.033	18	-33.67°N 20.0164°W
Pongolapoort Dam	Jozini	KZN	Pongola River	1973	2,267,100	132.728	89	-27.4208°N 32.075°W
Poortjieskloof Dam	Montagu	Western Cape	Groot River	1955	9,700	1.029	38	-33.8583°N 20.3711°W
Potchefstroom Dam	Potchefstroom	North West	Mooi River	1950	2,027	0.77	8	-26.67°N 27.0972°W
Qedusizi Dam	Ladysmith	KZN	Klip River	1998	194,000	2.5	24		-28.5417°N 29.7447°W
Rhenosterkop Dam	Marble Hall	Mpumalanga	Elands River	1984	204,600	62.400	36		-25.0986°N 28.9181°W
Rietvlei Dam	Tshwane	Gauteng	Rietvlei River, a tributary to the Hennops River	1933	12,300 ^[20]	1.890	21	-25.8767°N 28.2658°W
Rockview Dam	Grabouw	Western Cape	Palmiet River	1986	16,630 ^[21]	0.775	48	-34.1917°N 18.9547°W
Roodekoppies Dam	Brits	North West	Crocodile River	1984	103,000	15.710	25	-25.4042°N 27.5914°W
Roodeplaat Dam	Tshwane	Gauteng	Pienaars River	1959	41,200	3.952	59	-25.6208°N 28.3669°W
Rust de Winter Dam	Pretoria	Limpopo	Elands River	1934	28,200	4.73	31	-25.2333°N 28.5175°W
Rustfontein Dam	Thaba Nchu	Free State	Modder River	1955	72,200	11.585	36	-29.2708°N 26.6169°W
Sandile Dam	Keiskammahoek	Eastern Cape	Keiskamma River	1983	30,960	1.460	61	-32.7167°N 27.1011°W
Settlers Dam	Grahamstown	Eastern Cape	Kariega River	1962	5,300	1.01	21	-33.4117°N 26.5094°W
Setumo Dam	Mmabatho	North West	Molopo River	1995	19,600	4.473	17	-25.8583°N 25.5003°W
Shongweni Dam (Ntshongweni Dam)	Hillcrest	KZN	Sterkspruit and Wekeweke Rivers	1927	2,200	0.3	39	-29.8569°N 30.7222°W
Silvermine Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape		1898	82	0.04	9	-34.0753°N 18.3989°W
Slangdraai Dam	Ladysmith	KZN	Sundays River	1986	10,300	2.400	15		-28.24°N 29.7494°W
Smartt Dam	Britstown	Northern Cape	Ongers River	1912	100,300	31.569	28		-30.6133°N 23.3006°W
Sol Plaatje Dam (Previously Saulspoort Dam)	Bethlehem	Free State	Liebenbergsvlei River	1968	15,676	3.560	24	-28.2169°N 28.3669°W
Spioenkop Dam	Bergville	KZN	Tugela River	1973	270,600	15.314	53	53	-28.6814°N 29.5169°W
Spitskop Dam	Schmidtsdrift	Northern Cape	Harts River	1974	57,800	25.312	18	-28.1247°N 24.5025°W
Spring Grove Dam	Nottingham Road	KZN	Mooi River	2013	139,300	10.2	32	-29.3231°N 29.9439°W
Steenbras Dam (lower)	Gordons Bay	Western Cape	Steenbras River	1921	33517	3.642	37	-34.1875°N 18.8511°W
Steenbras Upper Dam	Gordons Bay	Western Cape	Steenbras River	1977	31767	2.750	37	-34.1681°N 18.9014°W
Steenbras Hydro-Electric Lower Dam	Gordons Bay	Western Cape	Sir Lowry's Pass River	1977	3,560	0.35	31	-34.1472°N 18.9°W
Sterkfontein Dam	Harrismith	Free State	Nuwejaar Spruit	1980	2,616,900	67.260	93	-28.3875°N 29.0194°W
Stettynskloof Dam	Worcester	Western Cape	Holsloot River	1955	14,700	1.004	48	-33.8372°N 19.2522°W
Stompdrift Dam	De Rust	Western Cape	Olifants River	1965	46,270	6.203	49	-33.5125°N 22.5856°W
Taung Dam	Taung	North West	Harts River	1993	58,900	4.650	44	-27.5264°N 24.8544°W
Theewaterskloof Dam	Villiersdorp	Western Cape	Riviersonderend River	1978	480188 ^[22]	51.204	38	-34.0792°N 19.2836°W
Tierpoort Dam	Bloemfontein	Free State	Tierpoort River	1990	34,000	9.11	20	-29.4222°N 26.1361°W
Trichardtsfontein Dam	Trichardt	Mpumalanga	Trichardt Spruit	1981	15,200	2.459	26	-26.4981°N 29.2336°W
Tsojana Dam	Cofimvaba	Eastern Cape	Tsojana River	1978	12,340	2.360	23	-31.8833°N 27.6336°W
Tweedraai Dam	Trichardt	Mpumalanga	Trichardt Spruit	1991	16,000	2.370	21	-26.4292°N 29.2167°W
Tzaneen Dam (previously Fanie Botha Dam)	Tzaneen	Limpopo	Groot Letaba River	1977	157,291	11.636	50	-23.7936°N 30.1633°W
Vaal Barrage	Vanderbijlpark	Gauteng	Vaal River	1923^[23]	56,712	13.485	10	-26.7647°N 27.6917°W
Vaal Dam	Deneysville	Free State Gauteng	Vaal River	1939	2,603,400	322.755	63	-26.8836°N 28.1222°W
Vaalharts Storage Weir	Warrenton	North West	Vaal River	1936	48,700	1.189	12	-28.1153°N 24.9256°W
Vaalkop Dam	Beestekraal	North West	Elands River, Hex River	2010	53,500^[24]	11.1	33	-25.3103°N 27.4758°W
Vanderkloof Dam (previously P.K. Le Roux Dam)	Petrusville	Northern Cape, Free State	Orange River	1977	3,171,300	133.402	108	-29.9914°N 24.7319°W
Vanwyksvlei Dam	Vanwyksvlei	Northern Cape	Vanwyksvlei	1884	143,081	49.934	15	15	-30.3794°N 21.8114°W
Victoria Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1895	128	0.05	6	-33.9864°N 18.4081°W
Voëlvlei Dam	Gouda	Western Cape	Voëlvlei Lake	1971	164095	15.730	10	-33.3375°N 19.0336°W
Vondo Dam	Sibasa	Limpopo	Mutshundudi River	1982	30,540	2.19	47	-22.9458°N 30.3353°W
Vygeboom Dam	Badplaas	MP	Komati River	1971	83,000 ^[25]	6.7	45	-25.8814°N 30.6192°W
Wagendrift Dam	Estcourt	KZN	Bushmans River	1963	55,900	5.084	41	-29.0375°N 29.8503°W
Waterdown Dam	Whittlesea	Eastern Cape	Klipplaat River	1958	38,400	2.608	44	-32.2875°N 26.8503°W
Welbedacht Dam	Wepener	Free State	Caledon River	1973	10,200	10.185	32	-29.9094°N 26.8603°W
Wemmershoek Dam	Franschhoek	Western Cape	Wemmers River	1957	58644	2.960	53	-33.8336°N 19.0889°W
Westoe Dam	Amsterdam	Mpumalanga	Usutu River	1968	61,900	7.333	26	-26.5042°N 30.6181°W
Witbank Dam	Witbank	Mpumalanga	Olifants River	1971	104,000	12.112	44	-25.8917°N 29.3169°W
Witklip Dam	Sabie	Mpumalanga	Sand River	1969	12,970	1.875	21	-25.2361°N 30.9003°W
Wolwedans Dam	Mossel Bay	Western Cape	Great Brak River	1990	25,530	1.100	70	70	-34.0142°N 22.2289°W
Woodhead Dam	Cape Town	Western Cape	Disa River	1897	954	0.16	38	-33.9772°N 18.4022°W
Woodstock Dam	Bergville	KZN	Tugela River	1983	373,300	29.129	49	-28.7586°N 29.2461°W
Wriggleswade Dam	Stutterheim	Eastern Cape	Kubusi River	1991	93,200	10.000	35	-32.5669°N 27.5833°W
Xilinxa Dam	Idutywa	Eastern Cape	Xilinxa River	1972	13,900	2.81	25	-32.1422°N 28.0992°W
Xonxa Dam	Queenstown	Eastern Cape	White Kei River	1974	115,900	12.881	49	-31.85°N 27.1869°W
Zaaihoek Dam	Wakkerstroom	Mpumalanga	Slang River	1988	184,600	12.446	46	-27.4336°N 30.075°W

• N Nett or working capacity
• G Gross or maximum capacity
• I The Bedford and Bramhoek dams form part of the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme
• D The Driekloof and Kilburn dams form part of the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme
• P The Kogelberg and Rockview dams form part of the Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme
• S The Steenbras Dam – Upper and Steenbras Hydro-Electric Lower Dam form part of the Steenbras Pumped Storage Scheme
• V The Voëlvlei Dam is an off-channel reservoir supplied by canals from the Klein Berg River, Leeu River and Vier-en-Twintig River, and discharging by canal into the Great Berg River.

See also

• Water supply and sanitation in South Africa
• List of lakes of South Africa
• List of rivers of South Africa
• List of dams and reservoirs
• List of waterfalls in South Africa
• Drought
• Flood
• List of waterways
• Transvasement
• Water Management Areas, also known as WMA's.

References

• Dam Safety Office – Publications – List of South African Dams from the Department of Water and Sanitation
• Archived List of South African Dams from the Department of Water Affairs (South Africa)
• Department of Water & Environmental Affairs
• SANCOLD, the South African National Committee on Large Dams
• ICOLD, the International Committee on Large Dams

Notes

External links

• Reservoir Storage Summaries

Notes and References

1. Book: Pettman, Charles. Africanderisms; a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases and of place and other names. 1913. Longmans, Green and Co.. 137.
2. Web site: State of Dams in Limpopo Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 2009-12-20.
3. Web site: State of Dams in KwaZulu Natal Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 2009-12-20.
4. Web site: Water Dashboard 23 April 2018 . City of Cape Town . 2 . 2018-07-11.
5. Web site: State of Dams in Free State Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 2009-12-20.
6. Web site: State of Dams in Eastern Cape Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 2009-12-20.
7. Web site: I Update . November 2009 . . 2010-01-09.
8. Bedford Dam nearing completion September 2010. Web site: Dam Safety Office 2010/2011 Annual Report . 35–36 . Department of Water Affairs, Republic of South Africa.
9. Web site: State of Dams in Mpumalanga Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 20 December 2009.
10. Web site: State of Dams in Northern Cape Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 2009-12-20.
11. Web site: State of Dams in Gauteng Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 2009-12-20.
12. Web site: State of Dams in North West Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 2009-12-20.
13. Web site: DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape. Water Institute of Southern Africa. 2009-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20091218194759/http://www.ewisa.co.za/misc/Dams/defaultecape.htm. 18 December 2009. dead.
14. Web site: DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape. Water Institute of Southern Africa. 2009-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20100619044558/http://www.ewisa.co.za/misc/Dams/defaultwcape.htm. 19 June 2010. dead.
15. Web site: List of Registered Dams – September 2009 . September 2009 . . 2010-01-05 . 17 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717221712/http://www.dwa.gov.za/DSO/Documents/ListofRegisteredDamsSep2009.xls . dead .
16. Web site: DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal . . 2009-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091218194803/http://www.ewisa.co.za/misc/Dams/defaultkzn.htm . 18 December 2009 . dead.
17. R. Lorraine. G. Mullins. May 2011. Grahamstown's Water Supply: a brief history from 1812 to 2008. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums. Albany Museum. 7. 2017-05-06.
18. Web site: DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo. Water Institute of Southern Africa. 20 December 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091219233410/http://www.ewisa.co.za/misc/Dams/defaultLimpopo.htm. 19 December 2009. dead.
19. Web site: DAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga. Water Institute of Southern Africa. 20 December 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091219024110/http://www.ewisa.co.za/misc/Dams/defaultMPU.htm. 19 December 2009. dead.
20. Web site: A Preliminary assessment of the present ecological state of the major rivers and streams within the Northern Service Delivery Region of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. Water Institute of Southern Africa. 5. 2008-11-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20090612014933/http://www.ewisa.co.za/literature/files/213%20van%20Eeden.pdf. 12 June 2009. dead.
21. Web site: P Pumped Storage Scheme. October 2005. Eskom. 9 January 2010.
22. Web site: State of Dams in Western Cape Province as on 20091214 – Full Storage Capacity in million cubic meters (N) . . 2009-12-20.
23. Web site: Water Origination: The Vaal River System. Rand Water. 4 January 2013. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084656/http://www.randwater.co.za/CorporateResponsibility/WWE/Pages/WaterOrigination.aspx. dead.
24. Google Earth
25. Web site: Dam Safety Office, Department of Water and Sanitation.