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Scores of residents have evacuated their homes following evacuation warnings from authorities. The Water and Sanitation Department opened more sluice gates last Friday to maintain the dam’s ...
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Since last month, sluice gates have been gradually opened at several dams, including Vaal and Bloemhof, to release excess water. FILE: The Department of Water and Sanitation opened a sluice gate ...
Hundreds of people downstream along the Vaal riverbanks were evacuated as a result, and many are still displaced. Bloemhof residents will have to wait for water leaving the Vaal Dam catchment area ...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has urged people who reside within the floodline of the Vaal River downstream of the Vaal Dam and the Bloemhof Dam to evacuate and move safer areas.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says its Vaal Dam crew is aware that some residents are ignoring evacuation orders. National Sea Rescue Institute. Picture: @NSRI/X. JOHANNESBURG - There ...
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Water levels at the Vaal Dam have continued to rise, and were sitting at nearly 113% of capacity on Tuesday, according to the department of water and sanitation. It has advised people living ...
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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 ...
According to Department of Water and Sanitation spokesperson Wisane Mavasa, the water levels of the Vaal dam stood at 119.18%, with inflows declining to 1 338.80 m³/s, from the 1 587.34 m 3 /s ...