Dam ɗin Voëlvlei

Dam ɗin Voëlvlei, dam ne da ke yammacin Cape, Afirka ta Kudu kusa da garin Gouda . Katangar da ke cike da ƙasa ita ce  tsayi da  babba. Tafkin yana da faɗin ƙasa  kuma tana da ƙarfin  sanya ta zama tafki mafi girma na biyu a Tsarin Samar da Ruwa na Western Cape . Ana ba da ruwa daga tafkin zuwa ayyukan kula da ruwa na birnin Cape Town da gundumar West Coast Municipality, kuma ana iya fitar da su cikin kogin Berg don ayyukan noma ko don cike madatsar ruwa ta Misverstand .

An gina madatsar ruwa ta Voëlvlei a cikin shekarar 1952 don faɗaɗa ƙarfin tafkin Voëlvlei wanda ya samo asali a cikin yanayi na damuwa. Saboda tafkin yana da iyakacin wurin magudanar ruwa an kuma gina magudanar ruwan don samar da ruwa ga magudanar ruwa daga wata mashigar  Nuwekloof a kan kogin Klein Berg . Don saduwa da ƙarin buƙatun ruwa daga Cape Town an ɗaga bangon madatsar ruwan a cikin shekarar 1969, kuma a cikin shekarar 1971 an gina magudanar ruwa ta biyu don samar da ruwa daga kogin Leeu da kogin Vier-en-Twintig, wanda ke zubar da Groot Winterhoek . 
Tun shekara ta 1734 gonar da madatsar ruwa ta Voëlvlei ta kasance ta dangin Walters ne, waɗanda suka fito daga Jamus . A cikin shekarar 1948 gwamnati ta ƙwace filaye da gonar don Tsarin Ban ruwa na Kogin Berg. Jihar ta biya diyya ga dangin Walters a cikin adadin £44,000 da kuma Vogelvlei Quarries (Pty) Ltd wanda ya sayi ragowar Voëlvlei a cikin shekarar 1946 a kan £48,000. Iyalan Walters ba su yarda da ƙwacen ba kuma sun ci gaba da daɗe da rigima da gwamnatin kishin ƙasa a lokacin. Bayan Afirka ta Kudu, ta zama ƙasa mai mulkin demokraɗiyya a cikin shekarar 1994 ɗan tsohon mai Voëlvlei ya kafa da'awar filaye a ƙarƙashin Dokar Bayar da Gidaje.

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