{"id":43064,"date":"2026-01-16T05:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/dws-issues-an-urgent-public-notice-regarding-the-critically-high-water-levels-at-multiple-dams-across-limpopo-province\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:39:12","slug":"dws-issues-an-urgent-public-notice-regarding-the-critically-high-water-levels-at-multiple-dams-across-limpopo-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/dws-issues-an-urgent-public-notice-regarding-the-critically-high-water-levels-at-multiple-dams-across-limpopo-province\/","title":{"rendered":"DWS issues an urgent public notice regarding the critically high-water levels at multiple dams across Limpopo Province."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) issues an urgent public notice regarding the critically high-water levels at multiple dams across Limpopo Province. Persistent rainfall and strong inflows have resulted in 14 of 19 monitored dams exceeding 100% capacity, with several structures operating significantly above full supply level. This presents a tangible safety risk to communities, infrastructure, and recreational users in proximity to these dams.<\/p>\n<p>Current Dam Status: Critical Levels Require Public Vigilance<\/p>\n<p>Based on the latest verified measurements (as of 14 January 2026), the following Limpopo dams are at or near maximum capacity:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Severely Overfull (&ge;105%):<br \/>\nNsami (128.54%), Merensky (120.59%), Nzhelele (114.47%), Tzaneen (108.64%), Vergelegen (106.99%), Modjadji (105.60%), Thabina (105.46%), Nandoni (105.25%), Magoebaskloof (105.22%), Mutshindzi (105.03%)<\/p>\n<p>&bull; At or Above Full Capacity (100&ndash;104.9%):<br \/>\nGlen Alpine (103.72%), Luphephe (102.07%), Nwanedi&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76141&#038;page=dws-issues-an-urgent-public-notice-regarding-the-critically-high-water-levels-at-multiple-dams-across-limpopo-province\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) issues an urgent public notice regarding the critically high-water levels at multiple dams across Limpopo Province. Persistent rainfall and strong inflows have resulted in 14 of 19 monitored dams exceeding 100% capacity, with several structures operating significantly above full supply level. This presents a tangible safety risk to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/G-tlir0WcAIOgpj.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[339],"class_list":["post-43064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-limpopo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/G-tlir0WcAIOgpj.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}