KZN Dam levels witness a slight decline
KwaZulu-Natal dam levels sit at 54.2% this week, this is a slight drop compared to last week’s 54.9% and last year’s 55.8% respectively. This was revealed by a weekly status of dam levels report issued by the Department of Water and Sanitation this week.
One of the province’s largest dams, the Albert-Falls Dam continues to experience a week-on-week decline at 32.1% when compared to 32.9% in the previous week. Hazelmere Dam is down from last week’s 41.9% to 40.7% this week. This time last year, it stood at 39.2%. Mearns Dam is this week at 49.8% from 50.1%. Spring Grove dam has declined from 45.8% to 43.4%.
Pongolapoort Dam has recorded 40.5% this week from 40.7% in the previous week. Meanwhile, Goedertrouw Dam has also seen a slight decline from 51.5% to 51.2%.
Some dams in other parts of the province have recorded above average percentages such as the Spioenkop, Driel Barrage and Woodstock dams at 83.1%, 96.0% and 77.5% respectively.
Wagendrift Dam is at 84.3% from 88.9% in the previous week. Ntshingwayo Dam is at 65.4% from 66.6%. Midmar Dam which is supplied by the Umgeni Water Supply System is sitting comfortably at 92.2%, a minor drop from 92.7% last week. Same time last year it was at 94.7%.
The Department has reiterated its call to residents to use water sparingly. To increase water supply, DWS has commissioned the construction of a Waste Water Treatment Works, reservoir and bulk pipeline next to the Spring Grove Dam. This is aimed to provide more than 30 000 households with potable water.
For more information contact Sputnik Ratau, Spokesperson for the Department of Water and Sanitation on 082 874 2942
