RUSTENBURG HERALD - RUSTENBURG - Judging by die levels of dams around the country, it is clear that most of our important dams could do with a lot more rain, in spite of a quite wet November/December and the festival season of late. The weekly state of dam levels in the North West Province as recorded by the Department of Water and Sanitation at the end of January 2025, are as follows:
Dams in North West
Boskop Dam – 101.9%
Bospoort Dam – 101.9%
Buffelspoort Dam – 95.9%
Disaneng Dam – 97.9%
Elandskuil Dam – 95.9%
Hartbeespoort Dam – 94.7%
Johan Neser Dam – 101.7%
Klein Maricopoort Dam – 77.1%
Klerkskraal Dam – 108.2%
Klipvoor Dam – 100.7%
Kosterrivier Dam – 90.7%
Kromellenboog Dam – 45.1%
Lindleyspoort Dam – 35.1%
Madikwe Dam – 46.0%
Marico Bosveld Dam – 32.1%
Middelkraal Dam – 100.00%
Molatedi Dam – 37.1%
Ngotwane Dam – 19.1%
Olifantsnek Dam – 60.8%
Pella Dam – 36.6%
Potchefstroom Dam – 101.9%
Rietspruit Dam – 73.5%
Roodekopjes Dam – 69.3%
Sehujwane Dam – 100.2%
Setumo Dam – 97.7%
Swartruggens Dam – 101.2%
Taung Dam – 82.2%
Vaalkop Dam – 77.9%
The level of the five largest dams in the country - all of them in the Free State - also reflect satisfactory levels although it is clear that much more rain will be most welcome. The levels as recorded by the Department of Water and Sanitation at the end of January 2025 were as follows:
Bloemfof Dam – 77.0%
Vaal Dam – 95.6%
Sterkfontein Dam – 98.3%
Van der Kloof Dam – 73.7%
Gariep Dam – 76.7%
