Vaal’s water levels continue to rise, five sluice gates to remain open

As the water levels of the Vaal dam continue to rise, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will keep all the five sluice gates open, with no changes in the dam’s outflow of 760 cubic metres per second (mᵌ/s). The DWS opened the fifth sluice gate on Sunday morning, less than 24 hours after opening of the fourth sluice gate on Saturday, owing to the heavy inflows into the Vaal dam.