Vaal dam levels
Brimming over: DWS set to open sluice gates at overflowing Vaal Dam
The department said it needed to urgently release water due to river flows from the upper Vaal, which now sits at over 100% capacity, rapidly filling up the dam...
The levels had dropped to a record low of just over 29% at the end of last month with the dam affected by a combination of heatwaves and a lack of continuous rainfall in the Vaal Dam's catchment areas.