Woodstock Dam | |
Name Official: | Woodstock Dam |
Dam Crosses: | Tugela River |
Res Name: | Woodstock Dam Reservoir |
Location: | KwaZulu-Natal |
Country: | South Africa |
Owner: | Department of Water Affairs |
Dam Length: | 865m (2,838feet) |
Dam Height: | 54m (177feet) |
Dam Type: | F |
Purpose: | Industrial and domestic |
Opening: | 1982 |
Res Capacity Total: | 373.26e6m3 |
Res Catchment: | 1171km2 |
Plant Type: | P |
Coordinates: | -28.76°N 29.2458°W |
Woodstock Dam is located on the upper reaches of the Tugela, KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and is the main source of water for the Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme.[1] The dam was commissioned in 1982, has a storage capacity of,[1] and a surface area of,[2] the dam wall is high. The dam serves mainly for municipal and industrial water supply purposes and its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).