Wemmershoek Dam

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Wemmershoek Dam is a major water reservoir in South Africa’s Western Cape that supplies potable water to the Cape Town metropolitan area and surrounding regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dam
gravity dam
reservoir
basinCountry South Africa NERFINISHED
catchmentArea Wemmershoek River catchment
category Buildings and structures in the Western Cape
Dams in South Africa
Reservoirs in South Africa
constructionBegan 1951
country South Africa
elevation approximately 235 metres above sea level
hasEnvironmentalContext mountain catchment area
hasFunction regulation of river flow
storage of raw water for treatment
hasUse drinking water supply
industrial water supply
inception 1957
isInfrastructureType water supply infrastructure
isMajorComponentOf Cape Town water supply system NERFINISHED
isPartOf Cape Town bulk water supply network NERFINISHED
locatedIn Cape Winelands District Municipality NERFINISHED
Stellenbosch Local Municipality NERFINISHED
Western Cape
locatedInProtectedArea Wemmershoek Mountain Catchment Area NERFINISHED
locatedInProvince Western Cape NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Cape Fold Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedInRiverBasin Wemmershoek River NERFINISHED
locatedNear Cape Town NERFINISHED
Franschhoek NERFINISHED
locatedOn Wemmershoek River NERFINISHED
managedBy City of Cape Town NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Paarl NERFINISHED
Stellenbosch NERFINISHED
openingDate 1957
ownedBy City of Cape Town NERFINISHED
partOf Western Cape Water Supply System NERFINISHED
purpose municipal water supply
potable water storage
regionServed Cape Town metropolitan area NERFINISHED
City of Cape Town NERFINISHED
suppliesWaterTo Cape Town metropolitan area NERFINISHED
Western Cape water supply system NERFINISHED
surrounding regions of Cape Town
waterType freshwater

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Franschhoek Pass locatedNear Wemmershoek Dam