List of dams and reservoirs in Eastern Cape

Below is a list of dams and reservoirs in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Name of dam (Alternative)	Nearest town	Impounds	Year completed (commissioned)	Capacity (Megaliter)	Surface area (km2)	Height of wall (meter)	Location	Notes
Aasvoel Dam	Humansdorp	Seekoei River	1997	390		15	34°2′52″S24°44′47″E / 34.04778°S 24.74639°E / -34.04778; 24.74639
Anderson Dam	Dordrecht	Holspruit	1990	1 530	300	19
Andrew F.C. Turpin Dam	Bedford	Nyara River					32°39′8″S26°4′18″E / 32.65222°S 26.07167°E / -32.65222; 26.07167
Arnhem Dam	Grahamstown
Avonleigh Dam	Graaff-Reinet	Moordenaars River
Bakers Dam	Willowmore
Balura Dam (Ciskei)	Alice
Bathurst Stream Dam	Bathurst
Beervlei Dam	Willowmore	Groot River	1957	88,096 [1]			33°02′19″S23°27′57″E / 33.03861°S 23.46583°E / -33.03861; 23.46583
Belfort Dam	Matatiele			413 [1]			30°09′39″S28°43′15″E / 30.16083°S 28.72083°E / -30.16083; 28.72083
Biggs Dam	Middelburg
Binfield Park Dam	Alice	Tyhume River	1986	36,849 [1]	1.870	60	32°41′13″S26°54′16″E / 32.68694°S 26.90444°E / -32.68694; 26.90444
Birmingham Dam (new)
Bizana Dam
Bloemhof Dam
Bokkloof Dam
Bonkolo Dam	Queenstown	Komani River	1908	6,943 [1]		24	31°52′04.4″S26°55′15.4″E / 31.867889°S 26.920944°E / -31.867889; 26.920944 (Bongolo Dam)
Boshoek Dam
Bravo Dam
Bridle Drift Dam	East London	Buffels River	1969	97,923 [1]	7.460	55	32°59′22″S27°43′14″E / 32.98944°S 27.72056°E / -32.98944; 27.72056
Bulhoek Dam
Bulk River Dam
Bulolo Dam
Bushmans Krantz Dam	Katberg	Oskraal River [2]		4,818 [1]			32°20′58″S26°40′56″E / 32.34944°S 26.68222°E / -32.34944; 26.68222
Cata Dam	Keiskammahoek	Cata River		12,080 [1]
Churchill Dam (Krom River Dam)							34°0′3″S24°29′36″E / 34.00083°S 24.49333°E / -34.00083; 24.49333
Collywobbles Dam
Corana Dam				725 [1]
Ctaigievar Dam
Cypress Grove Dam
Dabi Dam
Darlington Dam				179,840 [1]			33°08′52″S25°07′59″E / 33.14778°S 25.13306°E / -33.14778; 25.13306
De Mistkraal Dam				2,053 [1]
Debe Dam	Middle Drift			6,331
Dennegeur Dam
Dogplum Dam
Donnybrook Dam
Doring River Dam							31°29′50″S27°19′58″E / 31.49722°S 27.33278°E / -31.49722; 27.33278
Driefontein Dam							31°51′58″S23°53′18″E / 31.86611°S 23.88833°E / -31.86611; 23.88833
Drieshof Dam
Du Toitsvlakte Dam
Edenvale Dam
Eensaamheid Dam
Elandsdrift Dam	Cradock	Great Fish River		3,546 [1]			32°31′48.2″S25°45′22.5″E / 32.530056°S 25.756250°E / -32.530056; 25.756250
Endwell van Niekerk Dam
Eselhoek Dam
Ezeljacht Dam
Fingo Gronde Dam
First Falls Dam
Formosa Dam
Gcuwa Dam				421 [1]			32°18′47″S28°08′01″E / 32.31306°S 28.13361°E / -32.31306; 28.13361
Geelhout Dam
Glen Boyd Dam
Glen Cliffe Dam
Glen Melville Dam				6,229 [1]			33°11′43″S26°39′00″E / 33.19528°S 26.65000°E / -33.19528; 26.65000
Glenbrock Dam
Glenthorn Dam
Grassridge Dam		Groot Brak River		44,5 [2]
Groendal Dam		Swartopz River		11,7 [2]
Gubu Dam		Gubu River		8,6 [2]
Golden Ridge Dam
Impofu Dam		Krom River		105,8 [2]
Jozanashoek Dam		Sterkspruit River		9,5 [2]
Katrivier Dam		Kat River		24,9 [2]
Kommandodrift Dam		Tarka River		55,9 [2]
Koega Dam		Koega River		126 [2]
Kromrivier Dam		Krom River		35,3 [2]
Laing Dam		Buffalo River		19 [2]
Lake Arthur Dam		Tarka River		11,3 [2]
Loerie Dam		Loeriespruit River		3,1 [2]
Lubisi Dam		Indwe River		113,6 [2]
Mabeleni Dam		Mhlahlane River		2,1 [2]
Macubeni Dam		Cacadu River		3,4 [2]
Mlanga Dam		Mlanga River		1,6 [2]
Mnyameni Dam		uMnyama River		1,9 [2]
Nahoon Dam		Nahoom River		19,3 [2]
Ncora Dam		Tsomo River		147,3 [2]
Nqadu Dam		Nqadu River		1,3 [2]
Nqweba Dam		Sondags River		44,8 [2]
Ntenetyana Dam		Ntenetyana River		1,7 [2]
Nuwejaars Dam		Nuwejaarspruit Rivier		4,6 [2]
Oxkraal Dam		Oskraal River		14,9 [2]
Rooikrans Dam	Quonce	Buffalo River		4,8 [2]
Sandile Dam	Keiskammahoerk			29,656 [1]			32°42′29″S27°06′08″E / 32.70806°S 27.10222°E / -32.70806; 27.10222
Settlers Dam	Grahamstown	Kariega River and Palmiet River					33°24′42″S26°30′34″E / 33.41167°S 26.50944°E / -33.41167; 26.50944
Toleni Dam		Toleni River		29,7 [2]
Tsojana Dam		Tsojana River		12,3 [2]
Umtata Dam		Mtata River		244,7 [2]
Waterdown Dam		Klipplaat Rivier		37,5 [2]
Wriggleswade Dam		Kubisi Rivier		91,5 [2]
Xilinxa Dam		Xilinxa River		13,9 [2]
Xonxa Dam		White Kei River		115,9 [2]

See also

• List of dams in South Africa
• List of rivers of South Africa

References

1. South African Department of Water and Sanitation. State of the Reservoirs: Supplementary Report. 2022-01-14
2. Jan, Booysen (21 February 2022). "Eastern Cape Province Dam Levels | Water Reservoirs | State of Dams". SAWX South African Weather. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

• List of South African Dams from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (South Africa)