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Bon Accord Dam

Coordinates: 25°37′45″S 28°11′22″E / 25.62917°S 28.18944°E / -25.62917; 28.18944
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Bon Accord Dam
Official nameBon Accord Dam
CountrySouth Africa
LocationPretoria, Gauteng
Coordinates25°37′45″S 28°11′22″E / 25.62917°S 28.18944°E / -25.62917; 28.18944
PurposeIrrigation, drinking water
Opening date1923
Owner(s)Tshwane Metro
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth fill dam
ImpoundsApies River
Height17 m
Length1167 m
Reservoir
CreatesBon Accord Dam Reservoir
Total capacity4 290 000 m³
Surface area144 ha

Bon Accord Dam is an earth-fill type dam located on the Apies River, some 15 km north of Pretoria. The dam comprises an earth embankment with a side spillway. The catchment area of the dam is 315 km2 and comprises primarily the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipal area in Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1923 and its main purpose is irrigation.[1]

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  1. ^ Broekhuysen, G. J. (September 1948). "Observations on the Birds of the Bon Accord Dam, Near Pretoria". Ostrich. 19 (2): 108–121. Bibcode:1948Ostri..19..108B. doi:10.1080/00306525.1948.9632999. ISSN 0030-6525.