South Africa’s dam levels rise sharply
South Africa’s average dam levels are now at 70.4% full, with Gauteng’s dams increasing to 100.5%, followed by Northern Cape and the Free State at 98.8% and 83% respectively.
The average dam level in the Western Cape is lagging behind at 37.3%; however, with winter rains expected at the end of May, this was set to change.
“The North West is virtually out of the woods following the rise of dam levels from 47% in December last year to 70.9% this week. So is Limpopo, whose dam levels soared from below half three months ago to 68.3% recently,” the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) commented.
KwaZulu-Natal’s dam levels remain stagnant at 62.7%.
“The volume of water will be enough to sustain the country through the dry winter season until the next summer rains,” the DWS said in a statement on May 6.
The average dam levels in Mpumalanga declined slightly from 75.7% last week to 75.6% this week, while the levels in the Eastern Cape, which has been plagued by a severe drought, are making “steady progress” with its dams hovering at 57.4% this week.
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation