| Reservoir | Named after | Catchment | River | Coordinates (all co-ordinates based on GoogleEarth searches) | Year(s) constructed | Capacity | Cost | |
| Grey | Sir George Governor | Kowie River system | Tributary of the Bloukrans River | 33° 19' 26.68"S 26° 31' 39.8"E | 1859 – 1861 | 15 million gallons | £ 6000+ | |
| Douglas | Lt. Governor, Sir Percy Douglas | Kowie River system | Tributary of the Bloukrans River | 33°19’ 14.78”S 26° 31’15.91”E | 1866 - 1867 | 7 million gallons | App. £1038 | |
| Hamilton | Col. R.G. Hamilton, Royal Engineers | Kowie River system | Hamilton stream, a tributary of the Bloukrans River | 33°19’ 00”S 26°30’50.83”E | 1866 – 1868 | 7 million gallons | £ 1863 | |
| Milner | Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Colony | New Years River | Coldstream, Slaaikraal valley | 33°18’ 42.70”S 26°25’ 42.55”E | 1898 | 45 million gallons | £35000 | |
| Jameson | Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Prime Minister of the Cape | New Years River | Coldstream, Slaaikraal valley | 33° 26’15.63”S 26°26’15.63”E | 1904 - 1905 | 140 million gallons | £ 6946 | Howison’s Poort | Farmer, Alexander Howison, who supervised construction of the Howison’s Poort pass, 1832. | Kariega River | Palmiet-Berg Rivers | 33° 23’15.06”S 26° 29’14.66”E | 1929 - 1931 | 60 million gallons | £110 000 |
| Settlers | The 1820 Settlers | Kariega River | Palmiet-Berg Rivers | 33°24’ 43.27”S 26°30’ 35.19”E | 1960 - 1962 | 880 million gallons | £156 000 or R440 000 | |
| Settlers Dam wall raised | The 1820 Settlers | Kariega River | Palmiet-Berg Rivers | 33°24’43.27”S 26°30’35.19”E | 1981 - 1982 1 | 2 | R500 000 | |
| Glen Melville | Farm No.197 in Brakrivier Map 3326 BA | Gariep – Great Brak – Great Fish 3 | Gariep – Gt. Brak – Gt.Fish - Brak | 33° 11’ 6.76"S 26°39’19.61"E | Glennie Construction (dam) & Grinaker (purification) | 6 million m3 with 10 ‘slugs’ per annum @ 12 m3/sec | Dam: R1 402 948 Purification: R3 497 385 |