{"id":221915,"date":"2022-04-12T11:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/dept-opens-five-vaal-dam-sluice-gates\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:44:50","slug":"dept-opens-five-vaal-dam-sluice-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/dept-opens-five-vaal-dam-sluice-gates\/","title":{"rendered":"Dept opens five Vaal Dam sluice gates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202204\/vaaldamsluice.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Department and Water and Sanitation will on Tuesday open five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam due to the recent downpours.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the department said two sluice gates opened at 10am and a further three sluice gates will be opened at midday.<\/p>\n<p>Department spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said as of Tuesday morning, the inflows were at 1065.67 cubic meters per second, with the Vaal, which supplies most parts of Gauteng, standing at 110.5%, while Bloemhof Dam is at 106.9%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are further recommendations from the department\u2019s hydrology experts that there be releases from Bloemhof Dam, which is downstream of the Vaal Dam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discharge at the Bloemhof Dam is currently at 354.37 and will be increased to 500 cubic meters per second at 10am, and further increased to 600 cubic meters per second later today at 2pm,\u201d Sputnik said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water to be released from Hazelmere Dam<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In KwaZulu-Natal &#8212; which is also at a critical level, with much localised flooding being experienced &#8212; Ratau said a decision has been reached for Umgeni Water to release water from Hazelmere Dam, which is located to the north of Durban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe level in the dam has overnight reached beyond 65% and will be reduced to 53%. This is necessitated by the ongoing work to raise the dam wall. Therefore, the reduction to 53% or lower is a safety measure as work continues,\u201d Ratau said.<\/p>\n<p>Ratau warned downstream communities about the imminent increase of outflow from the dams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents are warned to steer clear of dam areas. Communities with equipment in and near the dams are asked to remove them so as to ensure that no damage is caused,\u201d said Ratau. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department and Water and Sanitation will on Tuesday open five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam due to the recent downpours. In a statement, the department said two sluice gates opened at 10am and a further three sluice gates will be opened at midday. Department spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said as of Tuesday morning, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221916,"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-221915","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\/2022\/04\/dept-opens-five-vaal-dam-sluice-gates.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221915","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=221915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}