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The Kouga Dam (formerly: Paul Sauer Dam prior to 1995) is an arch type dam on the Kouga River that supplies irrigations water to the Kouga and Gamtoos valleys as well as drinking water to the Port Elizabeth metropolitan area via the Lourie balancing dam. Its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).The dam can be accessed by following the R330 and then the R331 from the N2 at Humansdorp. All but the last 4 km is tarred road and there is a short tunnel just before the dam wall.
