The national water storage of combined dams declined to 69.3% this week, meaning the country has 22 200.1 cubic metres stored out of 32 012.2 cubic metres at full capacity.
Cape Town – The Department of Water and Sanitation has revealed that South Africa's dam levels continue to decline as the country’s dry winter takes its toll on scarce water resources.
Weather conditions in the Western Cape have seen significant increases in water levels as the provincial water store sits at 41.3% this week from last week's 40.2%. The Cape Town water supply system, consisting of six dams, is at 58.4% capacity this week, compared with last week’s 57.9%. The Amathole water supply system, which has six dams supplying Buffalo City, improved by 43.4% from last week’s 42.9%, while the Klipplaat water supply system, with three dams supplying water to Queenstown, declined from 43.3% last week to 43.2% this week.The Luvhuhu water supply system, which has three dams, is currently at 97.3%, while the Polokwane water supply system, with two dams, is at 77%.
Gauteng’s dam levels are just below full as the province saw an increase from last week’s 98.1% to this week’s 99.6% water capacity.
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