Vaal Dam levels

[Pitbull]

Depends where it fell. Edenvale? Yeah, into Harties, which is already full

After the rain yesterday afternoon the Sluices were opened last night. So that water is being fed down the Crocodile river further down north.

 

[SmartKit]

After the rain yesterday afternoon the Sluices were opened last night. So that water is being fed down the Crocodile river further down north.

Crocodile river - now with extra poo.

 

[Geoff.D]

Crocodile river - now with extra poo.

Spread over a larger area, makes it less of a problem I suppose!

 

[Ho3n3r]

Spread over a larger area, makes it less of a problem I suppose!

I really hope nobody reads this whilst eating a Marmite sandwich...

 

[Sinbad]

I really hope nobody reads this whilst eating a Marmite sandwich...

Peanut butter much worse

 

[pinball wizard]

Spread over a larger area, makes it less of a problem I suppose!

Nah, infects more with cholera this way.

 

[RichardG]

Peanut butter much worse

Fish paste

 

[Stevi]

Fish paste

Chocolate spread

 

[The_Librarian]

fish paste with nutella, marmite and peanut butter

 

[Mila]

Crocodile river - now with extra poo.

Just wanted to say this.

 

[patrick123]

Crocodile river - now with extra poo.

Renamed to K@kadile river.

 

[pinball wizard]

fish paste with nutella, marmite and peanut butter

On the same piece of toast. Yum!

 

[Sinbad]

Rand Water have twatted a pic of the Vaal Dam's catchment area. I don't think it's 100% accurate, but we'll see



The kliprivier and Suikerbosrand feed the barrage dam, not the vaal dam afaik

/edit OIC, they've highlighted barrage in purple and vaal in green.

 

[battmann]

Has the Vaal level come up?

 

[Sinbad]

Has the Vaal level come up?

slightly, yes.

 

[The_Librarian]

Has the Vaal level come up?

only a slight uptick at this stage (see red line) :

 

[pinball wizard]

Rand Water have twatted a pic of the Vaal Dam's catchment area. I don't think it's 100% accurate, but we'll see

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The kliprivier and Suikerbosrand feed the barrage dam, not the vaal dam afaik

/edit OIC, they've highlighted barrage in purple and vaal in green.

If you can elaborate, my daughter had a school project, and our research said it was all a barrage. Which is barrage and which is dam? Also maybe I'm misunderstanding the difference between the two myself

 

[Ho3n3r]

If you can elaborate, my daughter had a school project, and our research said it was all a barrage. Which is barrage and which is dam? Also maybe I'm misunderstanding the difference between the two myself

Vaal Dam vs Vaal Barrage dam - 2 different dam names.

 

[Sinbad]

If you can elaborate, my daughter had a school project, and our research said it was all a barrage. Which is barrage and which is dam? Also maybe I'm misunderstanding the difference between the two myself

Vaal Dam vs Vaal Barrage dam - 2 different dam names.

Correct, the vaal barrage dam is downstream of the vaal dam. The purple bits in the map above drain into the barrage dam

 

[pinball wizard]

I was asking more for a technical answer.

A barrage is a weir that has adjustable gates installed over top of it, to allow different water surface heights at different times. The water level is adjusted by operating the adjustable gates.
A dam is a high impervious barrier constructed across a river valley to form a deep storage reservoir. The surplus water is not allowed to flow over the dam, but it flows through the spillways provided at some level built into the dam.

Is the thing called a barrage at the Vaal and actual barrage, or a dam?