Department urges users to continue saving water as dam levels stabilise
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on Gauteng residents to continue saving water, despite some small dams in the province being in a stable state, according to this week’s ‘State of Reservoirs’ report published by the department.
The provincial water storage is currently at 94.3%, down from last week’s 96.5%.
However, the provincial water storage is in a better state compared with the level of 85.6% during the same period last year, the department notes.
While some dams are above 100%, some are at lower levels, especially when compared to the corresponding period last year.
Currently, the Bon Accord dam is overflowing at 109.6%, the same as last year during this period. Rietvlei dam on the borders of Pretoria has almost reached its capacity at 99.8%, The dam stood at 93.9% last year.
Roodeplaat dam, north of the capital city, remained above the 100% mark, at 100.9%.
Bronkhorstspruit dam dropped to 86.7% this week from 92.2% last week.
“As we are moving towards a hot summer, the DWS is calling on everyone to save water for a brighter future,” it says.
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