The Department of Water and Sanitation has issued an urgent evacuation notice for residents living within the floodline of ...

Water and Sanitation Department officials have opened the fifth gate at the Vaal Dam, as inflows surge at an alarming rate, taking capacity to 109-percent.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has kept five sluice gates open at the Vaal Dam to manage rising water levels. The ...

JOHANNESBURG - Following another day of persistent downpour, the Department of Water and Sanitation has opened a fifth sluice gate at the Vaal Dam to manage water levels that have surged overnight.

The Department of Water and Sanitation opened a fifth sluice gate following a rapid rise in water levels in the Vaal Dam. An urgent evacuation order has been issued to residents located close to the ...

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 ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Water and Sanitation on Saturday morning opened a fourth sluice gate at the Vaal Dam as a result of the ongoing rainfall to manage water levels at the dam.

As the water levels of the Vaal dam reach 101.51%, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reduced the outflow of water from 61.2 cubic metres a second (mᵌ/s) to 40 mᵌ/s as inflows ...

"The Vaal Dam has eight valves in total that are used for river releases. On normal day-to-day releases, [it uses two valves ranging from 16.8 mᵌ/s to 17.6 mᵌ/s], in order to keep a natural ...