By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
8 April 2025- The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina together with Deputy Minister David Mahlobo, will visit the Vaal Dam on 9 April 2025, to assess the water resource infrastructure amid heavy inflows into the dam as a result of ongoing rainfall in the Vaal River Catchment.
The Department of Water and Sanitation, Wisane Mavasa said due to torrential rains in the past few weeks, the department had to implement necessary dam safety precautions and controlled water releases from the dam to safeguard the infrastructure. Mavasa said the department has five sluice gates opened gradually from 20 March 2025, with the fifth sluice opened on 6 April.
“The Vaal Dam is currently releasing 793 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s) of water downstream the Vaal River System into the Bloemhof Dam, while the Bloemhof has also activated its releases up to 3000 mᵌ/s, also through five gates by this
Evening,” he said.
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