- Kouga Dam
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caption= Kouga Dam
official_name= Kouga Dam
crosses= Kouga River
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locale=Eastern Cape Province ,South Africa
maint= Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
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open=1967
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reservoir_capacity = 128,7 million m3
reservoir_catchment = 388700 Ha
reservoir_surface = 555 Ha
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lat= -33.740
long= 24.587
extra=The Kouga Dam("known as Paul Sauer Dam prior to 1995" [cite web|url=http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/untpdc/incubator/africahp/zaf/za7.htm|title=FRESH WATER and MARINE RESOURCES|accessdate=2008-09-19] ) supplies irrigations water to the Kouga and Gamtoos valleys as well as drinking water to the
Port Elizabeth metropolitan area via theLourie, South Africa balancing dam. [ [http://www.baviaans.net/kougadam.html Gamtoos Tourism] ]The dam can be accessed by following the R330 and then the R331 from the N2 at
Humansdorp . All but the last 4km is tarred road and there is a short tunnel just before the dam wall.Power plant
There are three 1200 kVA hydroelectric turbines at the base of the dam, but they are currently not in use.
References
External links
* [http://www.dwaf.gov.za South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry]
* [http://www.wrc.org.za South African Water Research Commission]
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