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Location
The proposed Spring Grove Dam will be located about 2km south west of Rosetta and approximately 3.5km north west of Nottingham Road. The dam will be on the Mooi River on portions of the farms: Rosetta 2983, Vaalekop 3297, Inchbrakie 14850, Riverholm 15967, Ebernburg 2210, Spring Grove 2169 and Spring Vale 2170. The dam will extend upstream to above the Inchbrakie Falls which will be inundated. (Refer to Locality of the Spring Grove Dam)
The transfer pipeline from the Spring Grove Dam to the Mpofana River will traverse a wetland, some Rosetta smallholding properties, the R103 and the railway line before running parallel to the existing Mearns pipeline in the existing 25m wide servitude. At Gowrie, the pipeline will cross the access road to the N3.
The water being transferred will discharge into the Mpofana River approximately 1.2km north of Balgowan. This pipeline will cross portions of the farms: Spring Vale 2170, Gowrie 1930, Waterford 15964 and Wilde Als Spruit 1085.
The water in the Mpofana River will flow into the Lions River, then into the Mgeni River and into the Midmar Dam. (Refer to Locality Map of Pipeline Route).
Coarse aggregate to be used in the construction of the dam could be mined from a potential quarry site located on the properties Wellington 2212 (80% of the quarry) and Springvale 2170 (20% of the quarry). The quarry site is situated on top of the mountain to the east of the Rosetta railway station.
An artificial fish barrier weir will be constructed on the Mooi River, about 1.5km upstream of Inchbrakie Falls on the farm ‘Coldstream’, upstream of the dam’s inundation area. |
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