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 ...

A total of 10 sluice gates are now in operation at the Vaal Dam, after authorities opened four more on Friday, to manage rising water levels. This comes after water levels risen rapidly overnight ...

It can cut off or restrain the flow of water, regulating its movement to control flooding and water levels. It can allow water to flow underneath it by lifting and lowering a barrier using a hoisting ...

As part of its continued response to increased hydrological stress on major dams, the third sluice gate at the Vaal Dam was officially reopened at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 23 April 2025. This move comes ...

Vaalweekblad will keep our readers updated, about the impact it will have in our region. This photo was taken this morning along Brandmuller Drive in Three Rivers, just upstream from the ...

The construction of a ring foundation for an evaporative cooling tower has begun at the construction site of unit 7 of the Leningrad NPP (also known as Leningrad-II unit 3) After completion, the ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation has opened six sluice gates to manage the water inflow of 2056.50 cubic metres per second of water flowing into the dam. Supplied This as heavy rains ...

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 of ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reopened a third sluice gate at the Vaal dam and increased outflows at Bloemhof dam owing to high inflows amid heavy rainfall. The DWS closed the ...

The Vaal Dam's third sluice gate has been reopened amid high inflows due to the continued heavy rainfall in the upper catchment. The third sluice gate was reopened on Wednesday at 4pm to manage water ...

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 ...