Western Cape dam levels: EVERY dam is OVERFLOWING!
The dam level stats in the Western Cape have jumped in recent weeks following heavy rainfall and now show that capacity has been reached.
The official dam level stats in the Western Cape have jumped in recent weeks following some Spring rainfall and now show that capacity has been exceeded at EVERY dam!
The six major dams in the province – the Berg River, Steenbras Lower, Steenberg Upper, Theewaterskloof, Voelvlei and Wemmershoek – are cumulatively UP on a similar period last year.
And that’s good news as ‘winter’ isn’t over just yet judging by the forecast.
The City of Cape Town uploaded its latest stats as of Tuesday, 12 September.
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The latest figures show the six dams are a combined 102.1% of total storage.
That’s marginally up from 101.8% the previous week.
A year ago the combined percentage stood at 85.7%.
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 103.1% of capacity, while the next biggest dam, Voëlvlei (164 095 MI), is at 100.9%.
Western Cape residents need no reminding of life during the ‘Day Zero’ water crisis from mid-2017 to mid-2018.
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