The Water and Sanitation Department says it’s impressed by the improvement of dam levels.
The Water and Sanitation Department says it’s impressed by the improvement of dam levels across the country. This after Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and parts of KwaZulu Natal received large amounts of rain during the past week. Some roads and infrastructure have been severely damaged in the Limpopo and Gauteng provinces. The department says some dams are beyond capacity.
Since late last year, South Africa has experienced a very dry summer, which affected the Vaal River system, which provide Gauteng and surrounding provinces with water. This even led to the Department of Water and Sanitation releasing water reserves from the Sterkfontein dam.“By yesterday, it was sitting at 71% and we are monitoring this dam on a regular basis, because of what we experienced last year, because of late rainfall, which led to the dam levels declining because the dam is quite wide.
The Weather Service’s Rudzani Malala says the Level 5 warning remains in place as another system is approaching parts of the North West and the Northern Cape.
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