State-owned water utility Rand Water’s Vereeniging-based Zuikerbosch water purification plant, which has been named a National Key Point, provides purified water to more than ten-million people ...

Surely a national key point such as the Vaal Dam Wall must have a self generating power plant system as back-up. It will be mind boggling if they do not have one, which I think is impossible (but ...

Vaal Dam's recovery has been swift, with levels climbing from 80.22% on Sunday to 83.45% on Monday, then to 85.73% on Tuesday, and reaching 87.93% on Wednesday. As Vaal Dam water levels rise ...

Gauteng residents’ main water source is under threat from consistent dam level declines, the closure of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project — which will see the dam not receiving water until ...

Authorities have opened a fifth sluice gate at the Vaal Dam as inflows surge at an alarming rate. The rising water levels have prompted urgent warnings for low-lying communities, with the risk of ...

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 ...

Vaal River; Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) On Sunday, 6 April 2025, the Department of Water and Sanitation opened a fifth sluice gate at the Vaal Dam after water levels rose to 106%.

Water levels in the Vaal dam increased from around 107% last week to 114% on 9 April and the authorities opened five sluice gates. About 800,000 litres of water per second were released into the ...

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.

Vresap is being implemented to meet the growing water demands primarily of Eskom and Sasol. The proposed scheme will transfer water through a 121-km-long pipeline from the Vaal dam (near the Vaal ...