Residents in the Tzaneen area urged to use water sparingly
The Tzaneen area has experienced late rains during the winter, however the dam levels continue to decline as empirical evidence suggests.
This according to a statement from the Department of Water and Sanitation, who encourage residents to use water sparingly.
The province’s average dam levels are at 78,0% this week, with a slight decline when compared to last week’s 78,2%.
“A considerable improvement compared to 59, 1% last year,” read the statement.
Looking at the summary of the Water Management Area (WMA) for Limpopo, last year this time it was at 66,5% whereas now we are at 89,4%, with Oliphant’s WMA this year at 74,3% compared to last year’s 54,1%.
The Polokwane Water Supply Systems is at the same level of 64, 1% when compared to 64, 1% last week, an improvement compared to 51, 5% this time last year.
The Luvuvhu Water Supply Systems have a slight decline, sitting at 98, 9% this week compared to 99.0 last week.
Nandoni Dam currently stands at 100, 76% this week compared to last week’s 101, 01%, which is a decrease of 0, 25% from last week.
Ebenezer Dam still remains at 100, 34%. Tzaneen Dam is at 60, 30%, compared to 61, 06% last week.
Mokolo Dam is at 100, 17% and De Hoop Dam slightly went down from 100, 19%
In relation to the provincial storage, the situation is still satisfying, but the province still needs to continue to implement water restrictions to allow for smooth recovery.
Water is a scarce resource and catalytic towards economic development and it must therefore be conserved at all times.
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