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The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has opened six valves at the Vaal Dam to gradually increase water outflows by ...

Noble House Hotels & Resorts has announced the upcoming opening of The Sylvan Lodge this May. | Set within Snake River ...

Virgin River season 7 is returning for another season on Netflix following the launch of season 6 last Christmas which was one for the history books. Bookended by the big wedding between Jack and Mel, ...

THE Archæology Survey of the Union of South Africa has recently published a pamphlet entitled "Early Man in the Vaal River Basin"(Archæology Series, No. 6. Pretoria : Government Printer ...

The councillor said the last time the dam reached such levels it caused flooding in the Vaal River when 12 sluices were opened. He described how “floodwaters overwhelming homes and fields” as ...

The DWS assured that the water flow is insignificant and will not make the river overtop the banks. “According to hydrological monitoring and forecasting systems, the Vaal dam may reach 100% in ...

“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 ...

DWS continues to monitor water levels in the Vaal River System to ensure full storage capacity and safety of infrastructure The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is actively monitoring inflow ...

“These releases, while they are meant to ensure that the dam’s capacity stays within the range of 100% - 103% at the current inflow levels, the water flow is insignificant, in that they will not make ...

What About Flooding? For residents along the Vaal River, the real risk isn’t the dam overflowing—it’s development within designated flood zones. “The closest major suburb, Three Rivers, occasionally ...