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Rietvlei Dam

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Constructed as an earth-fill dam wall with a brick core in 1932/4, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wave wall and a reinforced earth barrier wall, as well as a surfaced roadway, on top of the original wall.
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Ecological State of the Major Rivers and Streams within the Northern Service Delivery Region of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
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is an earth-fill type dam and is one of a number of dams supplying water to the
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This article about a dam or floodgate in South Africa is a
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basin, as well as by five fountains and five boreholes.
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Rietvlei Dam is located in South Africa
South Africa
Pretoria
Gauteng
25°52′36″S 28°15′57″E / 25.8767°S 28.2658°E / -25.8767; 28.2658
City of Tshwane
Type of dam
Rietvlei River
Catchment area
Pretoria
South Africa
Pretoria
Rietvlei
Crocodile River (Limpopo)
Rietvlei Nature Reserve
Rietvlei Nature Reserve






"Rietvlei Water Treatment Plant"
the original
"Rietvlei Nature Reserve: Historic Background"
the original
"A Preliminary assessment of the present ecological state of the major rivers and streams within the Northern Service Delivery Region of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality"
the original
"State of the Environment Report for the City of Tshwane 2001-2002"

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