The final dam considered in our satellite time-series is the Wemmershoek Dam. Located between Franschhoek and Paarl in the Wemmershoek mountains, this earth-fill dam is one of the smaller dams supplying water to [...]

The largest dam in the Western Cape, namely Theewaterskloof Dam, is the next dam being considered in our satellite time-series. Established in 1978, the earth-fill dam was constructed in the Riviersonderend River near [...]

The Berg River Dam, the most recently established large dam supplying Cape Town with water. The 68 m tall, concrete-face rockfill dam with a capacity of 130 million cubic metres makes up 14% of the water storage capacity in the Greater [...]

Second only to Theewaterskloof Dam in capacity, Voëlvlei is the third dam being considered in our satellite image time-series. Commissioned in 1952, the dam was constructed by impounding the natural Voëlvlei lake near Gouda, creating the first large water supply scheme in the [...]

In support of the efforts to alleviate the water shortage in the Cape Town region, the CGA is releasing a satellite image time-series of the main dams that supply the City of Cape [...]

The CGA would like to share with you the recent media releases of the wide-scale modelling of water use and water availability with earth observation/satellite imagery project. The CGA in collaboration with Dr [...]