Updates provided by the Dept. Water & Sanitation Flood Monitoring and Forecasting office.

Sat 11 Jan, 2025

Grootdraai Dam Update

26.88m, 97.73%, Inflow 270m3/s, Outflow 456m3/s, Rainfall 16mm.
Still two gates open at 3m each, but one gate will be reduced to 1m by 12H00 this afternoon.

Thu 28 Nov, 2024

Water users and the general public along the Wilge River and Nuwejaarspruit.
Gauteng Provincial Operations: Vaal Orange Water Management Area – Upper Vaal.
Water releases from the Sterkfontein Dam to augment water levels in the Vaal Dam.

Water users and the general public along the Wllge River and the Nuwejaarspruit are hereby requested to please take note that water releases from Sterkfonlein Dam to augment Vaal Dam are to take place from the Sterkfontein Dam when Vaal Dam reaches the minimum operating level of 18%.

Vaal Dam has been dropping at a rate of between 1.5% – 2% a week and ls expected to reach 18% by 23 December 2024. During the water releases, water levels in the river channels will rise. It Is recommended/advisable that members of the public avoid low lying bridges and remove all pumps by 15 December 2024.

Fri 1 Nov, 2024

On Monday 4 November 2024, the river outlets at Vaal Dam will be closed from 8:00 to 16:00 for mechanical inspection. No water will be released into the river. If inspections are completed earlier, a notification will be sent out.

Fri 17 Nov, 2023

Discharge from Vaal Dam will increase to 40 m3/s at 10:00 today for the Vaal River Canoe Marathon taking place this weekend.