Von Bach dam
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 0 ′ 50 " S , 16 ° 57 ′ 12" E | ||||
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Gravity dam dam |
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| Construction time: | ? –1970 | ||||
| Power plant output: | no power plant | ||||
| Operator: | Namibia Water Corporation | ||||
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| Water surface | 4.884 km² | ||||
| Storage space | 48.56 million m³ | ||||
| Particularities: |
Main water supplier of the capital Windhoek |
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The Von Bach Dam , originally the Swakop Dam or Sartorius von Bach Dam , is a dam with a reservoir of the same name in Namibia , around five kilometers southeast of Okahandja and 60 kilometers north of the Namibian capital Windhoek . The Von-Bach-Damm is named after the politician Hans Wilhelm Sartorius von Bach (born January 4, 1904 in Detmold ; † May 11, 1975 in Windhoek) and was completed in 1970. Its reservoir has a capacity of around 48.56 million m³ , making it the main water supply for Windhoek.
The Von Bach reservoir is fed by the Swakop and is the center of the so-called “Von Bach Wildlife Park” and the popular Von Bach recreation area , in which, among other things, water skiing and other water sports are offered. There are pumping systems for supplying water from the Omatako Dam and the Swakoppforte Dam .
literature
- JJ Sirunda, D. Mazvimavi: The Effects of Water Transfer from Swakoppoort and Omatako Dams on the Water Quality of Von Bach Dam, Namibia. In: Combating Water Scarcity in Southern Africa . Springer Netherlands, 2014.
Web links
- Official Site of NamWater the dam (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dag Henrichsen: Personal papers and manuscripts in the Archives of the Basler Afrika Bibliographien. In: Basler Afrika Bibliographien , Basel 1996, pp. 25ff.