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Whoopee! Cape Town Dam Levels Are Above 60%

Phew, finally! For the first time since 2016, dam levels in the City of Cape Town have passed the 60% mark!  This is great news for a region that just months ago was stockpiling bottles of water and dreading Day Zero when residential taps were going to be switched off. For the past week, dam levels […]

By SAPeople
20-08-18 23:34
in Fab South African Stuff

Phew, finally! For the first time since 2016, dam levels in the City of Cape Town have passed the 60% mark!  This is great news for a region that just months ago was stockpiling bottles of water and dreading Day Zero when residential taps were going to be switched off.

For the past week, dam levels improved slightly by 1.3% to 60.1% of storage capacity, and the average water consumption rose from 519 million to 527 million litres per day.

The City of Cape Town said it is encouraged by this milestone, and thanked water users for continuing to use as little water as possible.

“This remains a priority effort to ensure that we build a buffer against the summer months ahead,” the city said on Monday. – SAnews.gov.za

Photograph of Cape Town’s main source of drinking water – Theewaterskloof Dam – a couple of weeks ago, by Jean Tresfon:

https://www.facebook.com/JeanTresfonPhotography/photos/pcb.1842665699150383/1842618095821810/?type=3&theater