All five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam remain open, following the opening of the fifth gate on Sunday morning. This decision comes as part of the department’s response to rising water volumes.

The water is set to boost levels in the Vaal Dam, which in December was at only a quarter of capacity. Views of the Grootdraai Dam in Standerton, Mpumalanga, overflowing with two sluice gates open ...

Current Vaal Dam operations According to reports from The Reservoir , detailed measurements on Thursday showed the Vaal Dam operating with three open sluice gates and no river valves in use.

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 ...

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 ...

The Water Affairs department plans to begin closing sluice gates at the overflowing Vaal dam on Monday. “There are still only 17 sluice gates open and the plan is to start closing those on ...

According to department spokesperson Wisane Mavasa, it brings to 10 the number of sluice gates that were opened at the Vaal Dam. She said the department might open more sluice gates if heavy rains ...

– 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.

A fifth sluice gate of the Vaal Dam was opened on Tuesday as the dam’s levels reached 110% after heavy rains in the water catchment area. ... funded by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa.

The Water Affairs department plans to begin closing sluice gates at the overflowing Vaal dam. At the Vaal Barrage, 31 of the 36 sluice gates were open and remaining gates were expected to stay closed.

“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 ...