Cape Town’s dam levels are at a combined 101%.
This is a 1,8% increase in just a week.
Last year this time, dam levels were 99,6% full.
Mayoral Committee Member (MMC) for Water and Sanitation, Councillor Zahid Badroodien, took an opportunity to raise awareness about water scarcity.
He said the excess percentage (over 100%) reflects the water depth flowing over the spillways at dams that translates to a volume of water temporarily stored behind the dam wall.
“The City appreciates the heavy rain that has been filling our dams but we cannot allow this to give us a false sense of water security for the future. Cape Town has learnt that we cannot solely rely on dams for water security so the City is busy investing in its New Water Programme. This includes projects such as desalination, groundwater schemes and reuse, which are at various stages of progress. Collectively through these projects, we are working towards increasing supply by an extra 300 million litres of new water everyday by 2030” said Badroodien.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) also shared combined levels of dams supplying the City.
Sithembiso Soyaya, Spokesperson of the NMBM, said levels are at 77, 57%.
Kouga dam has the largest carrying capacity of 125, 910 Ml, and is 100% full.
The Impofu dam (41, 26%), Churchill (99,11%), Groendal (95.1%) and Loerie (79, 81%).
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