Brimming over: DWS set to open sluice gates at overflowing Vaal Dam The department said it needed to urgently release water due to river flows from the upper Vaal, which now sits at over 100% capacity, rapidly filling up the dam. Picture: @DWS RSA/Twitter
51 days ago
JOHANNESBURG – It’s expected the Department of Water and Sanitation will open several sluice gates at the Vaal Dam on Thursday after water levels exceeded 100% capacity.
Recent heavy rains in the province have resulted in a spike in dam levels in the country s largest water system.
The Vaal Dam was sitting below 29% capacity just three months ago.
The persistent rainfall over the past two weeks has seen positive results, ensuring that dam levels in the county’s largest water system, the Vaal River system, were in a good way.
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