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

Two sluice gates at the Vaal dam remain open, while the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reduced the outflow at Bloemhof dam. The current water outflow of 292.86 cubic metres per ...

JOHANNESBURG - Two sluice gates have finally been closed at the Vaal Dam as water levels have subsided and inflows have been reduced. After torrential rainfall last week, the Department of Water ...

The opening of another sluice gate on Friday increased the outflow to approximately 240 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s). The department said that all six valves that were opened on Monday, have ...

Two sluice gates have been opened, with all the valves opened on Monday now closed. Downstream, the Vaal Barrage presents additional challenges, with water levels at 7.4 metres and an outflow of ...

The opening of another sluice gate on Friday increased the outflow to approximately 240 cubic metres per second (m ᵌ /s). The department said that all six valves that were opened on Monday, have been ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened a second sluice gate at Vaal Dam to increase the outflow to approximately 240 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s), and to also manage the increase of ...

In response to persistent rainfall and rising water levels, the Department of Water and Sanitation has announced the opening of one sluice gate at the Vaal Dam. This measure, implemented on Thursday ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Thursday opened one sluice gate to increase water releases from the Vaal dam, the levels of which have reached 106.14% owing to continuous rainfall The ...

The department emphasised that the current water release by single sluice gate is within the safe operational limits and is not expected to lead to overtopping of riverbanks downstream. “At Bloemhof ...

The opened sluice gate is expected to release between 110 to 130 cubic metres per second ... All outlet valves that were previously opened and were releasing 60.1 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s) of ...