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  1. Steffanus

    Earthwall Dam

    Well! I am returning to Zambia shortly and have been asked to supervise the spillway works on behalf of the farmers and to check the seepage/leekage problem. I wish to thank you all for your support and will give you an update on my return. Links indicated here have assisted greatly. (Civil...
  2. Steffanus

    Earthwall Dam

    Thanx, but I do not think it could effect Kariba, it is one of the biggest man made lakes in the world also the water would be diverted initially away from Lake Kariba thro various other river sources so that when it reaches kariba it would just be another miniscule rain storm which the area is...
  3. Steffanus

    Earthwall Dam

    Thank you all for your advice. I am a structural eng. with basic civil experience, but was quite concerned when visiting my family back home and saw the dam. A local civil dam eng. came on site but there had been no run off at the time, as the rains increased so did the amount of water at the...
  4. Steffanus

    Earthwall Dam

    My Son-in- Law lives in Zambia and is farming tobacco and grains. On the farm is a medium sized dam built some two years ago. Whilst there recently I was taken on a tour of the farm dams shared by eight farms. The medium dam (Capacity not Known at this stage) has a seepage problem. Apaarently...

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