As of 2021, South Africa had 163 dams that were 25% silted, 25 dams with siltation levels between 25% and 50%, and two dams that were 90% silted. A good portion of the national dam’s face ...

The Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, stated on Tuesday in the Chamber of Advisors that dam siltation leads to an annual loss of 50 million cubic meters of storage capacity.

The six specialist Siltation Manage-ment Short Learning Programmes, the duration of which range from six weeks to three months, aim to upskill and reskill South Africans in managing dam siltation ...

But experts say the water-holding capacity of the dam has been reducing over the years, mainly due to siltation caused by planning flaws and soil erosion caused by depletion of surrounding forests.

The authority has embarked on aggressive conservation programme of Cherang'any and part of Mt Elgon ecosystem to check siltation in the dam constructed between 1986 and 1991 by French firm Spie ...

The three-year National Dam Siltation Management Strategy in South Africa, or NatSilt, project, was launched during a two-day virtual WRC NatSilt Symposium from May 19 to 20, after the WRC was ...

vice president for corporate communications of SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP), which purchased the Ambuklao Dam’s power facility from the government, Pepeng caused the additional siltation to the dam ...

“Siltation has been an issue with Tarbela since ... of the benefits cited by WAPDA to justify the 4,500-MW Diamer Basha dam project, some 40 km south of Chilas. WAPDA officials believe that ...

“The Glass Block Bopoma Dam is intended to hold 129 million cubic metres of water.” Sibanda added that the delivery of water to the City of Bulawayo including supply from the proposed dam ...

While the last survey of the silt in the dam was conducted in 2008, extrapolation by technical experts based on the high siltation levels in the TB dam (of around 0.5 tmcft a year) pegs the loss ...

During high water events, a channel has been eroded around the road side of the dam, increasing siltation in the stream. Work on this dam demolition is set to begin Aug. 5, and involves removing ...