Tzaneen: Residents encouraged to continue saving water
Tzaneen Dam, which mostly helps farmers in the Mopani District with irrigation continues to declined with 35,32% from last week’s 36,41%,
As we welcome the spring season, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) calls on water users to continue using water sparingly due to the dam levels that are dropping daily.
According to a weekly report that was released by the Department of Water and Sanitation, the province’s average dam levels are at 71.1% this week, showing a decline compared to last year this time when readings recorded 75.9%.
Looking at the summary of Water Management Area (WMA) for Limpopo reflects a decline compared to last year this time when water levels were 86,6% compared to the current 74,5%, whereas the Olifants stands at 70,0%, also showing a slight decline compared to last year’s 72,3%, which should alarm Limpopo residents to continue saving water.
The Polokwane Water Supply Systems is at 90,0% showing a slight decline when compared to 90,8% last week, but is still in a relieving state compared to last year this time which stood at 62,5%.
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The Luvuvhu Water Supply Systems also has slightly declined, sitting at 97,6% from last week’s 97,9%. The Vhembe District area of the province is still in a satisfactory state with regard to water storage, with Nandoni Dam currently standing at 99,80% this week which brings relief to communities around that area.
Ebenezer Dam, which supplies the majority of the communities around Polokwane is currently at 83,86% this week, whilst Tzaneen Dam, which mostly helps farmers in the Mopani District with irrigation continues to declined with 35,32% from last week’s 36,41%, which is why the Department calls on farmers to always play their role in saving water as it will affect their crops and animals if the dams are to run dry.
Mokolo Dam in Lephalale in the Waterberg District of the province slightly decreased by 1,29% from 83,81% last week to 82,52% this week and De Hoop Dam which supplies the communities in the Sekhukhune District went down from 89,15% last week to 87,64% this week with a decrease of 1,51%, which should also alarm the people of Sekhukhune to save more.
Although the provincial storage is at a satisfactory percentage, the province still needs to continue to implement water restrictions so that reliable water provision is sustained until the next summer rains. Water is a scarce resource and catalytic towards economic development and it must therefore be conserved at all times.
The Department’s Regional Head in Limpopo, Lesiba Tloubatla, is appealing to the people of the province to continue saving water. “With the climate change affecting the way in which it used to rain in this province, we encourage people to continue saving,” said Tloubatla.
