Anton Bredell, the Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning in the Western Cape, says Provincial dam levels are currently at 76%, representing a drop of 2% from last week. Bredell said with local holiday visitors back home, locals need to regain the water saving discipline they had during the previous drought. “Even if the dams are full, we do not know what the rainfall conditions will be this coming winter, so please keep on using water as a precious and scarce resource.”
According to the latest data supplied by the Department of Water and Sanitation, the average level for dams in the Western Cape this week stands at 76%, which is down from last week’s 78.05%. However, it is still significantly better than the same time last year, when the average Provincial dam level stood at 67.77%.
Dams supplying water to Cape Town, which includes Wemmershoek Dam, Steenbras Upper and Lower dams, Theewaterskloof Dam, and the Berg River Dam, are currently 88.57% full, down from 90.64% last week.
- Voëlvlei Dam is 84.35% full, down from 86.28% last week. (80.94% in 2021).
- Bergrivier Dam is currently 90.02% full, down from 91.83% last week. (85.77% in 2021).
- Theewaterskloof Dam is 90.51% full, down from 92.86% last week. (88.20% in 2021).
- Clanwilliam Dam is currently 87.09% full, down from 91% last week. (65.89% in 2021)
Source: Government of South Africa