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National dam water levels decline as winter creeps in

While most of South Africa’s provinces are out of the woods with regards to how full their dams are, the public has been urged to still use water very carefully as levels decline with the advent of winter.

“It is particularly more critical now to save more water as we are fast approaching the winter season. In winter, dam levels are likely to decline considerably because not much rain is expected,” the Department of Water and Sanitation urged.

The department monitors 211 dams weekly.

This week’s provincial dam levels are as follows:

  • Gauteng decreased from 92% last week to 91.7% this week
  • Eastern Cape decreased from 61.9% last week to 61.8% this week
  • Western Cape decreased from 20.6% last week to 20.1% this week
  • Free State decreased from 85.3% last week to 85% this week
  • KwaZulu-Natal decreased from 53.6% last week to 53.4% this week
  • Limpopo is steady at 78.5%
  • Mpumalanga deceased from 79% last week to 78.8% this week
  • Northern Cape decreased from 98.1 last week to 95.1% this week
  • North West decreased from 90.1% last week to 89.7% this week

The department is particularly concerned about the Western Cape and Cape Town, as the six dams serving the city dropped to 21.7% this week, from 22.3% last week, while it was at 31.4% during the same period last year.

The Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) with 14 dams serving mainly Sasol and Eskom bases in Gauteng decreased to 83.9% from 84.2%. The system was at 59.0% during the same time last year.

“Let us save every little drop that we can for the future. The department would also like to plead with every member of the community to report any water leakages they come across to their nearest municipality. South Africa loses a lot of water of water due to leakages,” the department said.

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