Vaal Dam closes one sluice gate as water level becomes ‘manageable’
The Department of Water and Sanitation has announced on Wednesday that one sluice gate will be closed at the Vaal Dam.
Spokesperson Sputnik Ratau says this was due to the continuous decrease that’s been seen in recent days.
“One sluice gate will be closed this afternoon leaving the four gates open to further reduce capacity to a safe level.”
The department decided to open five sluice gates in early January after the dam reached over 110% capacity.
“The dam – which supplies most of Gauteng - now stands at 103,5% full and the levels continue to decrease. Bloemhof Dam is at 103.9% full having increased by increased by 1.2% from the previous day,” says Ratau.
He adds that the department will continue to monitor the inflows.
“Further decisions will be made on when the other sluice gates will close. We will continue to monitor the Vaal-Orange River System and the Integrated Vaal River System.
“Outflow will be kept at a manageable rate to reduce capacity to a safe level.”
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