The Water and Sanitation Department opened more sluice gates last Friday to maintain the dam’s water level, which is already well beyond 100 percent capacity.

People living along the banks of the Vaal River and in the flood plain have been advised to move as water is released from the Vaal Dam into the river. Water levels in the Vaal dam increased from ...

believing the current water levels to be manageable. Authorities continue to monitor the situation closely and may open additional sluice gates if inflows into the Vaal Dam persist at high rates.

As the water level of the Vaal dam nears the critical 18% mark, preparations are under way to release water from the back-up Sterkfontein dam to augment water supply for Gauteng and surrounding ...

On some old mine maps, it is referred to as the Russell Stream ... Barker added, “We go to all of the trouble and expense of treating water and pumping it uphill from the Vaal Dam, only to lose half ...

Picture: Science Photo Library via AFP JOHANNESBURG - The Water and Sanitation Department is warning communities living along the Vaal and Harts rivers to be cautious of the cholera bacteria in ...

JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Water and Sanitation has launched the Vaal River Anti-Pollution Forum. It’s aimed at finding the sources of pollution that have affected the quality of water in ...

Hundreds of different boats formed part of the Vaal River reopening launch. Photo: Sifiso Jimta. VANDERBIJLPARK – After months of battling a severe water lettuce contamination that threatened to ...

But there are many other potential sources of enfoulment to keep an eye on. Watershed's pollution map is a rather brilliant tool that helps us do just that. The map covers the whole of Great ...

You can get in touch with Anna by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English. A drinking water map created by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) from a collection of national data ...

Recently, water lettuce has invaded one of South Africa’s most important rivers, the Vaal River, on the border of the Gauteng and Free State provinces. This has raised huge concerns for local ...

Arguably one of the most important water sources for Gauteng, the Vaal River, is under siege from an organic enemy. That enemy is water hyacinth, an aquatic plant that originates from South ...