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Bon Accord Dam
Bon Accord Dam
Official name	Bon Accord Dam
Country	South Africa
Location	Pretoria, Gauteng
Coordinates	25°37′45″S 28°11′22″E / 25.62917°S 28.18944°E
Purpose	Irrigation, drinking water
Opening date	1923
Owner(s)	Tshwane Metro
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Earth fill dam
Impounds	Apies River
Height	17 m
Length	1167 m
Reservoir
Creates	Bon Accord Dam Reservoir
Total capacity	4 290 000 m³
Surface area	144 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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^ Broekhuysen, G. J. (September 1948). "Observations on the Birds of the Bon Accord Dam, Near Pretoria". Ostrich. 19 (2): 108–121. doi:10.1080/00306525.1948.9632999. ISSN 0030-6525.

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

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

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