The dam’s storage percentage has remained at around 108% since Sunday, indicating a sustained high water level. ALSO READ: Vaal Dam levels remain high as sluice gate outflows reduced Continued ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS) latest weekly report revealed that the Vaal Dam stands at double levels of its ...

Gushing: Water flows from the Vaal Dam after sluice gates were opened by the department of water and sanitation when levels reached more than 100%. Photo: Deaan Vivier/Gallo Images/Beeld .

In a statement on Thursday, the department said one sluice gate of the Vaal Dam opened at 12pm, in order to increase releases, due to the increased water levels at the dam amid continuous rainfall.

At Grootdraai Dam located in Mpumalanga in the Upper Vaal River Catchment, upstream of Vaal Dam, one sluice gate remains opened at 2.5 metres to enable the water releases.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has closed the last of the five sluice gates that were opened at the Vaal Dam following the desired reduction in water inflows into the dam. Vaal Dam. Image ...

Two sluice gates at the Vaal dam, which is currently holding a water level of 110.71%, with inflows of 266.59 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s), have been closed.

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.

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 ...

The department of water & sanitation (DWS) will open sluice gates to releasewater from the Vaal Dam on Thursday. For the first time since 2017, the Vaal dam was full on Monday and has now breached ...

By last month, the dam was full, with the DWS opening ten of its 60 sluice gates, resulting in an overflowing Vaal river and Bloemhof dam, ...

Torrential rains in South Africa’s northern provinces led to the opening of water sluices at the country’s second-largest dam by area hat may cause flooding if wet conditions persist, the ...