Shongweni Dam

The department of water & sanitation said the recent downpours had led to the opening of five sluice gates in the Vaal Dam on Wednesday. Three sluice gates had ...

Two of the ten gates that have fused are designed to fail during extreme floods. The Department would like to assure people that Shongweni Dam has not collapsed. We will continue to monitor the situation and update the public as and when the information comes,” spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said.

According to the KZN Department of Water and Sanitation the reports on social media are untrue.

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There have been several reports around KZN of the Shongweni Dam Wall collapsing. Social media has been abuzz as the news started circulating online.

The department of water & sanitation said the recent downpours had led to the opening of five sluice gates in the Vaal Dam on Wednesday. Three sluice gates had ...

Two of the ten gates that have fused are designed to fail during extreme floods. The Department would like to assure people that Shongweni Dam has not collapsed. We will continue to monitor the situation and update the public as and when the information comes,” spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said.

In spite of social media reports and circulating videos, Shongweni Dam has not collapsed but nearby residents must remain cautious.

The tipping threshold of each module is set precisely by the height adjustment of their inlet well, to ensure the units overturn progressively in order to compensate for the effect of exceptional flood levels.”explained Geotechnical Engineering This is a safety measure not a dam failure,” read the tweet. Two of the ten gates that have fused are designed to fail during extreme floods.

There is no need to worry about the Shongweni Dam in KwaZulu-Natal that's according to Professor Anthony Turton, from the Centre for Environmental ...

[WATCH] There've been reports that the Shongweni Dam in KZN wall could collapse, flooding low-lying areas towards the coast, including Umlazi & Chatsworth. But Professor Anthony Turton sees no reason for concern. There have been reports that the dam wall could collapse, flooding low-lying areas towards the coast, including Umlazi and Chatsworth. However, Turton sees no reason for concern.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has rubbished rumours that the walls of the Shongweni Dam west of Pinetown have collapsed due to recent flooding.

"Shongweni Dam has got ten gates which when they are under pressure they are designed in such a manner that then fuse and then whey fuse they then let out the extra amount of water that is making the pressure to come onto the dam wall and so that is what happened." "It is important for people to understand that anything below the flood line will always be in danger of flooding whenever the river rises or when extra water is released from the dam." Spokesperson Sputnik Ratau says contrary to social media claims, the two of the 10 gates are designed to let water through as a safety measure to avoid catastrophic failure of the entire dam.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has reiterated that the Shongweni Dam, located west of Pinetown, in KwaZulu-Natal, has not collapsed. This follows.

Had this not occurred, the dam was going to be subjected to more pressure, which would threaten the stability of the concrete wall and possible overtopping of the non-overspill crest. “So, it is behaving as it should during flooding conditions as presently experienced in parts of KZN. A team of experienced dam safety office engineers is on high alert to monitor the situation at the dam, there is absolutely no need to be alarmed,” Ramokopa said. “Gate 1 on the far-left and Gate 2 on the far-right started tipping when the dam reached a specific level; this is part of the design and is therefore a safety measure.

A video making the rounds on social media is falsely reporting that Shongweni Dam has collapsed due to flooding in KZN...

Had this not occurred, the dam was going to be subjected to more pressure, which would threaten the stability of the concrete wall and possible overtopping of the non-overspill crest. There is absolutely no need to be alarmed,” Ramokopa said. This follows a video making the rounds on social media alleging that Shongweni Dam has collapsed due to flooding in the province.

The department has denounced the report as untrue, and an “unnecessary ploy” by reckless social media users meant to cause panic amid a tragedy affecting ...

Had this not occurred, the dam was going to be subjected to more pressure, which would threaten the stability of the concrete wall and possible overtopping of the non-overspill crest. Created: 14-04-2022 15:43 IST Updated: 14-04-2022 15:43 IST