Two sluice gates at the Vaal dam remain open, while the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reduced the outflow at Bloemhof dam. On March 6, the DWS opened the first valves at the Vaal ...

In response to the rising levels, authorities opened a fourth sluice gate at 10am on ... The dam started Thursday with three gates open and no river valves in operation. 1 332.4m³/s with an ...

With all 10 gates now open and no river valves in operation ... The opening of additional sluice gates has sparked mixed reactions from local residents and business owners. Many community members ...

At Grootdraai dam, the already opened gate has been increased to three metres, owing to the higher inflows of 967.47 m³/s, with a second gate opened to 1 m. The storage level is at 110.08%.

Hundreds of people downstream along the Vaal riverbanks were evacuated as a result, and many are still displaced. Bloemhof residents will have to wait for water leaving the Vaal Dam catchment area ...

Amid rapidly rising water levels at the Vaal Dam due to heavy inflows from the upper catchments, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will open six sluice gates to manage the water inflow ...

An old sluice gate near Kitty's Bridge in Chesham Waterside has been replaced. A sluice gate is a special type of lock used in rivers, canals, water treatment plants and reservoirs. It can cut off ...

After visitors descend stairs winding 50 meters below ground, they emerge to an otherworldly sight -- a cavernous, dimly lit ...