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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% full while Bloemhof Dam is at 109.67%.
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 ...