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Analysis - Since the start of mining on the Witwatersrand, the Vaal River system has been taken for granted, overworked, underinvested in and abused. The R8bn intervention announced by Minister ...
A major part of the dams within the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) have this week seen a decrease in levels, while others have remained unchanged for the second subsequent week, with just one ...
Thanks to the recent rain, the Vaal River system rose to 82% Dam levels in the Integrated Vaal River System record steady increase weekly. February 4, 2021. Staff Reporter 2 minutes read.
Contaminated Vaal River system stabilised but rehabilitation is far from complete Members of the SANDF and officials at a sewage treatment plant section of the Vaal River during clean-up operation ...
A young crocodile was spotted in the Vaal River system on Thursday morning, said the Vaal Rand police water wing. ”It was going from Klip River mouth into the Vaal River, a small one, about 1m ...
The Vaal River Barrage forms part of the 1300km long Vaal River System. Since 2003 the system has also carried more water resources via the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) for downstream ...
Work on the Vaal River System rehabilitation project, in Sebokeng, is now under way after a technical team from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) completed its assessments, Defence and ...
The Vaal dam’s water levels this week stood at 57.1%, a contraction on the 72.2% recorded last year, while the Grootdraai dam fell from 102.9% last week to 101.5% this week.
The water levels of the Vaal dam increased from 74.5% last week and 56.2% during the same period last year to 75% this week, while the Sterkfontein dam recorded a rise in its water levels from 96. ...
Presently, the average level of the system is at 78.1%, up from 76.6% last week. It was at 64.5% at the same time last year. Despite the increase in the levels of the system, the Department of ...
The Vaal dam increased from 74% last week to 75.2% this week – slightly lower than the dam levels of 80.4% in the same week last year. The Grootdraai dam’s levels increased to 76% this week ...
The water levels of the dams within the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) are at steady levels this week as persistent wet weather conditions replenish the system. The average water level of the ...