{"id":208068,"date":"2021-11-11T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/vaal-dam-level-improves\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:12:09","slug":"vaal-dam-level-improves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/vaal-dam-level-improves\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaal Dam level improves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Water and Sanitation says the level of the Vaal Dam slightly improved this week, placing it at 81%.<\/p>\n

This improvement is expected, as it is a rainy season for the inland provinces of the country.<\/p>\n

Last week, the dam stood at 79.4%, while last year at the same time, it was at 30%, a sign that the dam was struggling last year.<\/p>\n

Grootdraai Dam recorded a slight decline from 70.4% last week to 69.9% this week. This means the levels of the dam have upheld the past year\u2019s level during the same week when it was at 76%.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Bloemhof Dam has this week taken a slight decrease from 96.4% last week to 95.4%. However, the dam is healthier than the 81.3% it recorded during the same week last year.<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive week, Sterkfontein Dam is hovering above the 100% mark. This week, it is recorded at 100.5%, while last year at the same time, it stood strong at 94.6%.<\/p>\n

Sterkfontein Dam is one of the 14 dams in the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) and is used to replenish the system in times of need.<\/p>\n

Mohale Dam in Lesotho recorded a slight improvement from 31.3% last week to 32.2%. In the comparative week last year, the dam was at a very low 2.6% and indicative that it had been on a decline for months.<\/p>\n

The second highest dam in the system (IVRS) and also in Lesotho, Katse Dam, is currently at 66.4%, up from 65.4% last week. During the same period last year, the dam stood 22%.<\/p>\n

The IVRS itself has seen an increase this week, rising from 80.7% last week to 81.2% this week. Moreover, the present levels of the system are higher compared to the previous year at the same time when it was at 54.8%.<\/p>\n

\u201cNoting that the levels of the IVRS continue to raise, the Department of Water and Sanitation continues to call on water users to manage water demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWater demand management is even more crucial as the temperatures continue rising, and the need to also continue responding to the effects of COVID-19 by ensuring regular washing of hands with soap and water,\u201d the Department of Water and Sanitation said in a statement. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Water and Sanitation says the level of the Vaal Dam slightly improved this week, placing it at 81%. This improvement is expected, as it is a rainy season for the inland provinces of the country. Last week, the dam stood at 79.4%, while last year at the same time, it was at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-208068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/vaal-dam-level-improves.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}