Most of South Africa’s prominent dams are currently maintaining impressive water levels above 90% capacity, according to the latest weekly report from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS).

The Department and Water and Sanitation opened one sluice gate at the Vaal Dam on Thursday to increase outflows and manage dam water levels. In a statement on Thursday, the department said one ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has on Friday opened a second sluice gate at the Vaal Dam to manage increasing water levels due to the continuous rainfall. This follows the opening of ...

The water level of the Vaal dam has reached 98.99%, with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), in line with its flood management plan, slowly releasing some water to ensure balance between ...

Vaal River system update: 6 valves opened at Vaal Dam to increase outflows and manage levels, Bloemhof releases at 400 mᵌ/s The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened 6 valves at the Vaal ...

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 Vaal Dam, boosted by above-average rainfall, surged past more than 97.8% on Wednesday and is now almost full. The dam, which has an additional flood-absorption capacity of 26%, is being ...

Record numbers of nearly 1,000 adult steelhead returned to the Pelton Round Butte hydropower project on the Deschutes River ...

"The Bloemhof Dam is currently at one hundred percent and an additional sixteen percent flood absorption capacity. "We are managing actively the water levels of both the Vaal Dam and the Bloemhof ...