Emmarentia Dam

Emmarentia Dam
Emmarentia Dam in autumn as viewed from the Olifants Road Bridge
Emmarentia Dam is located in South Africa
Emmarentia Dam
Location of Emmarentia Dam in South Africa
Official nameEmmarentia Dam
CountrySouth Africa
LocationJohannesburg, Gauteng
Coordinates26°9′S 28°0′E / 26.150°S 28.000°E / -26.150; 28.000
PurposeRecreational, wildlife
Opening date1912
Owner(s)City of Johannesburg
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth fill dam
ImpoundsBraamfontein Spruit
Reservoir
CreatesEmmarentia Dam Reservoir
Total capacity250 megalitres (200 acre⋅ft)[1]
Surface area8.8 hectares (22 acres)[1]
Bridge carries traffic on Olifants Road

Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular, with two small dams found upstream in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.[2]

  1. ^ a b "List of Registered Dams – September 2009". Department of Water Affairs. September 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Emmarentia Dam". Emmarentia Residents Association. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2015.