According to the latest measurements from The Reservoir, a Water Resource Information Centre for the Catchment Management Forums of the Upper Vaal Water Management Area, the dam is currently ...

Vaal Dam water levels reach critical point The latest Vaal Dam and Vaal Barrage Hydrological Information reveals the severity of the situation, with the dam reaching 120.69% capacity by Monday.

Due to continuous heavy rainfall in the Vaal River catchment area, the Department of Water and Sanitation has opened five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam to manage the rapidly increasing water levels ...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened six valves at the Vaal Dam to gradually increase water outflows by another 200 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s) and manage water levels. The ...

Water and Sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina, has urged residents residing along the floodlines of the Vaal River to evacuate the area and those who have already done so not to return to their ...

The Vaal Dam has gone up for the 11th consecutive week, however, the Department of Water and Sanitation says that South Africa is still in a drought.

“The Vaal Dam continues to rise with water levels at 112.85% and 1 248.11mᵌ/s [cubic metres a second] inflows from the upper catchment,” department spokesperson Wisane Mavasa said.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened six valves at the Vaal Dam to gradually increase water outflows by another 200 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s) and manage water levels.