The Department of Water and Sanitation’s weekly status of reservoir indicates that Eastern Cape water storage capacity has recorded a slight decrease, the combined average of the provincial water levels stands at 50.7% this week compared…
Dam levels across BCM remained mostly stable this week, with only minor changes recorded by the department of water and sanitation (DWS). This matches the trend seen across the Eastern Cape, with the provincial level increasing by only…
Dam levels across the Eastern Cape saw an overall drop this week to 50.9%, as of August 17. The Rooikrans was the worst hit dam, dropping two whole points to 78.1% this week. Close behind was the Nahoon Dam, with its level dropping to…
Continued rains have provided some much-needed relief to the drought-stricken Eastern Cape, with provincial dam levels rising above 50% for the first time in 2020. BCM has also experienced the benefits, with only one dam seeing a decline…
Dam levels across province have dropped even further as what is being called the most persistent drought since 2015 and one of the worst in the country’s history continues unabated. All dams in the BCM area have seen decrease in levels,…
Cape Town’s largest water supply, Theewaterskloof Dam, was 72% full on August 19 2019. At the same time two years ago, it was at 25% capacity. TimesLIVE visited Theewaterskloof Dam on August 20 2019 to assess Cape Town’s largest supply of…
Cape Town’s dams are on their way back to their level of three years ago. Readings on Monday put them at 42.7%‚ just 10 percentage points lower than at this time in 2015. They increased by 4.6 percentage points in the last week. Low…
Several dams across South Africa have overflowed over the past two weeks‚ thanks to a significant improvement in rainfall‚ the Department of Water and Sanitation said on Wednesday. “The rain was soft but intense‚ enough to soak the soil…
