Cape Town dam levels looking better after rainfall

As the Western Cape heads closer to winter, the official dam level stats in the province have started to thankfully rise as Autumn rains falls.

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However, the six major dams in the province – the Berg River, Steenbras Lower, Steenberg Upper, Theewaterskloof, Voëlvlei and Wemmershoek – are cumulatively down on a similar period last year.

The City of Cape Town uploaded its latest stats as of Wednesday, 26 April.

The latest figures show the six dams are a combined 61% of total storage.

That’s up from 58.1% the previous week.

Worryingly, 12 months ago the combined percentage stood at 67.9%.

Theewaterskloof, which accounts for more than 50% of the province’s total dam capacity (480 188 MI of a total of 898 221 MI) is at 58.4% of capacity, while the next biggest dam, Voëlvlei (164 095 MI), is down at 39.6%.

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Western Cape residents need no reminding of life during the ‘Day Zero’ water crisis from mid-2017 to mid-2018.

Follow The South African website for the latest dam level news.

WESTERN CAPE DAM LEVELS

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