Riverlands Dam Failures under Inverstigation

Riverlands Dam Failures under Inverstigation

The Department of Water and Sanitation has granted permission to the City of Cape Town to construct an emergency spillway on the fourth and remaining farm dam that has been reported to be on a verge of collapse. This follows the failure of three farm dams located in Riverlands that breached, resulting in flooding last week. A preliminary report indicate that the town of Riverlands was partially flooded at 3am on Wednesday. DWS says it will conduct an investigation into the causes of the dam failures, and depending on the results of the investigation, it may implement regulatory actions to ensure accountability.