After closing two sluice gates at the Vaal dam on Thursday, another two will be closed on Friday. This will leave four sluice gates open as the water level of, and inflow into, the dam decreases ...

BLOEMHOF - At least eight sluice gates remain open at the Vaal Dam. Last week, 10 sluice gates were opened as part of maintaining the water level at the dam, which surpassed 100 percent.

This brings the total of open sluice gates to 10 after six gates were opened on Thursday. The dam level is currently sitting at 110.27%. "These adjustments are necessary to manage the continuous ...

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 ...

– Govt warns residents along Vaal Dam as water levels surge Recent heavy rainfall has significantly increased levels at these dams, prompting authorities to open sluice gates to manage the overflow.

The department reported that the five sluice gates remain opened with an outflow of 793 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s) at the Vaal Dam and water levels are currently at 114.61% as at this morning.

As the water levels of the Vaal dam continue to rise, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will keep all the five sluice gates open, with no changes in the dam’s outflow of 760 cubic ...

“The Vaal Dam continues to rise with water levels at 112.85% and 1 248.11mᵌ/s ... “The five sluice gates remain open with a discharge remains of 793mᵌ/s to manage the water levels at the ...

One sluice gate open at Grootdraai Dam. In Mpumalanga, the Grootdraai Dam — located upstream in the Upper Vaal River Catchment — also remains under careful watch. One sluice gate is currently open to ...

Meanwhile, one sluice gate remains open at Grootdraai Dam in Mpumalanga in the Upper Vaal River Catchment, upstream of the Vaal Dam, to enable water releases. On Monday morning, the dam recorded ...

Due to continuous heavy rainfall in the Vaal River catchment area, the Department of Water and Sanitation has opened five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam to manage the rapidly increasing water levels.