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13. The Kruger National Park needs very little ◊ Below: Water reservoir
introduction and remains a world class destination. In ◊ Bottom: Kruger National Park
terms of civil engineering the roads, bridges, water
supply and sewage treatment contributes to the game
viewing experience in an unobtrusive way. The work-
ing field of the civil engineer is vast and diverse and
many engineers envy their colleagues who work in and
around this park.

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14. Water reservoirs are usually simple carefully approached. Interestingly, for its inauguration
containers of huge volumes of water. In a few cases, the town council arranged for an evening of music inside
pressure towers do attract attention where these stand the structure, complete with the world famous soprano
high above the ground and many of them are designed Mimi Coertse as performer. And then some people still
to please the discerning eye. In the hilly town of think that civil engineering is dull and boring.
Mbombela, one reservoir in this category was designed
to resemble a huge rock of which many are visible in
this area. Intricate designs like these cannot be copied 15. Government buildings at Mbombela are
from a set of standard ones in a drawer but has to be worth a visit owing to the interesting design and beau-

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