The Department of Water and Sanitation says dam levels continue to decline and has called on water consumers to intensify their water conservation efforts to save the country from a dry winter.
The department said that South Africa’s dam levels continued to drop, despite thundershowers in some parts of the country.
A weekly dam levels report released by the department this week, paints a gloomy picture about the state of water since the beginning of the heat wave two months ago.
Dams levels on the decline
The report showed a drop in national water average from 63.6% last week to 62.9% this week.
The Western Cape seems to be on the receiving end of the stick as the provincial dam levels are reportedly half-full at 47.9%.
Water level in Theewaterskloof Dam, one of the main arteries to the City of Cape Town, has decreased from 47.4% to 46.3%, with Clanwilliam Dam also decreased from 57.6% to 54% .
The department said that Capetonians will have to rely on Voelsvlei for water after the dam recorded 75.4%.
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