4-617: The Kilburn Dam , an earth-fill type dam and part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Project and Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme , is located 500 metres (1,600 ft) 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 36,700 cubic metres (1,300,000 cu ft), and a surface area of 207 hectares (510 acres),
8-759: The South African provinces of Free State and KwaZulu-Natal starting in 1974 and completed by 1981. Four dams are involved in the scheme; the Driekloof Dam ( joined to the Sterkfontein Dam ), the Kilburn Dam , the Woodstock Dam and the Driel Barrage. Electricity generation equipment is located between Driekloof Dam and Kilburn Dam. Since the Driekloof Dam/Sterkfontein Dam also forms part of
12-618: The Tugela-Vaal Water Project some of the water pumped to Driekloof Dam might end up flowing to the Vaal Dam and not be available for return to the Kilburn Dam. The Woodstock Dam and Driel Barrage are used to supply this additional water to Kilburn Dam when required. The scheme provides for up to 27.6 gigawatt-hours (99 TJ) of electricity storage in the form of 27,000,000 cubic metres (950,000,000 cu ft) of water. The water
16-483: The dam wall is 48 metres (157 ft) 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). This article about a dam or floodgate in South Africa is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme The Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme is an energy storage facility built in
#756243