{"id":1061486,"date":"2022-04-19T18:54:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/19\/two-kzn-dams-on-watch-following-floods\/"},"modified":"2022-04-19T18:54:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T18:54:05","slug":"two-kzn-dams-on-watch-following-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/19\/two-kzn-dams-on-watch-following-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Two KZN dams on watch following floods"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The dam levels of two KwaZulu-Natal\u2019s dams remain on the radar of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) following heavy rains in the province.<\/p>\n

Department spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said they had informed nearby communities to be on watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ntshingwayo Dam, with the town of Newcastle being the closest, is currently at 82% of capacity. The release from the dam now is at 23.43 cumecs. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is in line with the 80% operating rule. The downstream communities have been informed accordingly,\u201d said Ratau.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second dam in the DWS radar the Pongolapoort Dam, famously known as Jozini Dam. The dam is currently at 86%. According to the 85% operating rule for the dam, the DWS should be releasing 38m\u1d9f\/s but 20 m\u1d9f\/s is being released currently. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis lower release is to allow for the security of the infrastructure while the communication to communities downstream must still happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said communication to communities downstream was essential as it ensured the protection of lives and livelihoods.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce that communication is done and people are in the light, there is a possibility of the release from Pongolapoort Dam to be raised to the required 38 cumecs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll sleeve valves are available to release the required amount of water. However, it should be noted that the river will overflow when the release of 38m\u1d9f\/s (takes place) and thus the importance of communication to communities downstream who may be flooded if this would happen without notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

– Advertisement – The dam levels of two KwaZulu-Natal\u2019s dams remain on the radar of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) following heavy rains in the province. Department spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said they had informed nearby communities to be on watch. \u201cThe Ntshingwayo Dam, with the town of Newcastle being the closest, is currently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3894],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}