Cape Town dam levels: Numbers keep dropping – WARNING

As summer continues in the Western Cape, the official dam level stats in the province continue to fall sparking urgent warnings to residents to use water sparingly.

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

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The City of Cape Town uploaded its latest stats as of Wednesday, 15 February.

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The latest figures show the six dams are a combined 57.7% of total storage.

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That’s down from 60.5% the previous week.

Most worryingly, 12 months ago the combined percentage stood at 81.1%.

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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 54.7% of capacity, while the next biggest dam, Voëlvlei (164 095 MI), is down at 43.1%.

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

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

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