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Water Wheel Article
Our dams are full
Published: 1 February 2006
Authors: van Vuuren L
Abstract
Tourists flocked to see the opening of some of the sluice gates at the Hartbeespoort Dam. Water sloshed generously into the Crocodile River downstream, which until recently been but a mere trickle. Usually sedate rivers and streams in Gauteng were turned into deadly torrents after heavy rains, causing traffic delays and claiming several lives due to flash fl oods. OUR DAMS ARE FULL!
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