Description

Wemmershoek Dam was completed in 1957 and was the second of Cape Town’s dams to be constructed at a remove from Table Mountain. It is nearly double the capacity of Steenbras Lower Dam and is the largest dam owned by the City of Cape Town. In an engineering first in South Africa, it was constructed using a clay wall and rockfill embankment rather than a traditional masonry and cement dam wall, which significantly reduced the cost. The dam is in a beautiful setting in the Wemmershoek Mountains and contains very high quality water that requires relatively little treatment.

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