Kouga Dam
The Kouga Dam is an arch dam on the Kouga River about 21 km (13 mi) west of Patensie in Kouga Local Municipality, South Africa. It supplies irrigation water to the Kouga and Gamtoos valleys as well as drinking water to the Port Elizabeth metropolitan area via the Loerie Balancing Dam. It was constructed between 1957 and 1969.
The dam can be accessed by following the R330 and then the R331 from the N2 at Humansdorp. All but the last 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) is tarred road and there is a short tunnel just before the dam wall.
It was named the Paul Sauer Dam after Paul Sauer, but was renamed in 1995.
Kouga Dam Power Station
There are three 1200 kVA hydroelectric turbines at the base of the dam, but they are currently not in use.
See also
- List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
- List of rivers of South Africa
- South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
References
- ^ "Kouga Dam". Gamtoos Tourism. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ "Kouga Dam". inniKloof. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Kouga Dam – serving the fertile Gamtoos valley" (PDF). The Water Wheel. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "FRESH WATER and MARINE RESOURCES". Retrieved 19 September 2008.
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