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Size
The dam will be approximately 10.3 km2 (1035 hectares) in area when full, and will have a capacity of 141 million m3.
The dam wall will be approximately 38m high with the dam site and dam basin area below the 1437 m above sea level contour, which extends up into the Mooi River for about 13 km up to Tunga Falls, which is located about 1.5 km upstream of Inchbrakie Falls.
The pipeline will consist of the following components: |
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A new pump station at Spring Grove Dam will pump water at a rate of 4.5m³/second; |
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5640m of new rising main (uphill) pipeline (1400mm diameter) to Nottingham Road; |
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8325m of new gravity main (downhill) pipeline (600mm diameter) to the Mpofana River;
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A break pressure tank on Gowrie Farm at Nottingham Road. |
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