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They are all done, A to Z, for the time being. I juiced up Boskop Dam, Bridle Drift Dam and Stompdrift Dam a little. It is hard to know the main purpose when it says "Key purpose of the dam is for industrial and domestic use."; it could be either hydropower or water supply or both or even transportation. --Bejnar (talk) 19:45, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your help & interest in SA dams (I'm not sure where you live?). Only one problem with your above edits, seems you assumed the industrial use means "hydroelectricity generation". That is wrong and the source you quoted is also untrustworthy (i.e. wrongly stating hydroelectricity). Aliwal2012 18:47, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

My reasons are:

• As a rule of thumb in South Africa, industrial use of a dam's water means for a factory's consumption; or as cooling water for a thermal power station; or for chemical processes for example at SASOL 2's coal-to-fuel plant.
• None of the above-mentioned smaller dams have, or will ever be, a hydroelectricity generation plant, they are too small and insignificant for that.

Currently there are 5 hydroelectricity generating dams in South Africa:

1. Gariep Dam
2. Vanderkloof Dam
3. Steenbras Dam
4. Kouga Dam (turbines not functioning)
5. Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme, with the generators situated next to the Kilburn Dam in KwaZulu-Natal

A new scheme, the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, is under construction on the mountainous border of Free State and KwaZulu-Natal near Ladysmith (expected operational date 2014) Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme website. Aliwal2012 19:41, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know that "Industry About" is unreliable. I originally thought "industrial and domestic use" meant water supply, but "Industry About" said hydropower. I've never been to South Africa, but I read a lot and have a passing interest in dams, but more in river systems. --Bejnarľ 05:43, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

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Good wishes and thanks from Europe! --Lysippos (talk) 13:01, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, kind of you! Best wishes to all in Europe --Aliwal2012 (talk) 13:08, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Aliwal2012. You may have noticed that I reverted your change to David Coulthard. Per MOS:TYPOFIX, "the titles of referenced sources should not be corrected for spelling". Regards. DH85868993 (talk) 22:38, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi DH, I don't agree with you, but it's fine if you prefer it so! Aliwal2012 (talk) 22:40, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

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