Infrastructure

Dams
Omaruru Delta Dam
  • Source: Omaruru River
  • Structure: Earth fill embankment with a clay core
  • Purpose: to enhance the natural recharge of OMDEL aquifers;
    subsequently augment the coastal water supply
  • Capacity: 41.288 Mm3 (millions of cubic metres)
  • Surface Area: 4.398 km2 (square kilometres) when full
  • Year constructed: 1984
  • Annual precipitation: mean of 50 mm
  • Located approx. 38 km east of Henties Bay
   
Omaruru Delta Dam - Abstraction Tower
Omaruru Delta Dam - Abstraction Tower

 

 

 

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