Orange River System News Today

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has imposed an 18% restriction on the Greater Bloemfontein Water Supply System following confirmation by a yearly operating analysis that restrictions are required when the system storage is below the median of the projected system storage. The water demands for the system exceed the yield of the system, with restrictions to be lifted when the system is spilling.

The Department of Water and Sanitation’s Hydrological Monitoring and Forecasting System is, for the first time in four (4) days, showing a decrease in water inflow from upstream the Vaal River into the Vaal Dam.  Despite this forecast, the 12 opened sluice gates will remain open and the water outflow at Bloemhof Dam be kept at 3 200 cubic metres per second in order the allow the water levels in the dams to be at its required capacity. The Vaal dam is currently sitting at 119% ful...

The Department of Water and Sanitation has urged communities along the Vaal and Orange Rivers to move to high lying areas due to the continuous rain across the country.

Evacuations of communities around the Vaal Dam are in full force as people are urged to move to higher and safer ground

This is part of the Department of Water and Sanitation’s continuous dam safety precautions. This adds to the 10 gates that were already opened at the dam by yesterday to a total of 12. At Bloemhof ...

Twelve floodgates remain open at Vaal Dam on Sunday, 19 February 2023, due to heavy rain, and communities are warned to move to higher ground

Communities members along the banks of the Lower Vaal Dam and Lower Orange Rivers should consider to evacuate to higher ground

Water and Sanitation closes two of five sluice gates at Vaal Dam Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by 15th February 2021 The Department o...

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will today, 12 February2021, further open two more sluice gates at the Vaal Dam to release water in addition to the three gates that were opened yesterday, 11 February 2021.  The initial analysis indicated that there was a need for the opening of three (3) gates but the possibility existed that it could be four (4). However, the latest analysis showed that there was a need to open two (2) more gates, to make it five (5) for now.