The Rietvlei dam is one of a number of dams supplying water to the Pretoria

Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

 region of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. It supplies around 41 million liters of drinking water daily, about 5.9% of the water requirement of Pretoria

Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

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Constructed as a brick dam wall in 1934, it was extended between 1988 and 1990 by raising the dam wall with the addition of a concrete wall on top of the original wall.

The dam is fed by the Rietvlei River, five fountains and five boreholes.

The Rietvlei Nature Reserve

Rietvlei Nature Reserve

The Rietvlei Nature Reserve is located in Pretoria and is about in size. Located within the reserve is the Rietvlei Dam.-Trees:Both indigenous and exotics species of trees can be found in the reserve.Indigenous* Common hook thorn Acacia caffra...

occupies the area immediately surrounding the dam.