The Steenbras Dam is an earth-fill type dam located in the Hottentots-Holland mountains near Cape Town in South Africa. It is one of the city's water supplies and serves mainly for hydro-electricty purposes. Its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).
The Steenbras pumped-storage scheme was opened in 1979 to supplement the city's electricity supply during peak demand periods.
The dam is named after the steenbras, a fish endemic to South Africa.
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