Dam levels in the province continue to drop despite recent rainfall
Klipkoppie Dam is on 12 per cent while Kwena Dam has dropped to 42,9 per cent.
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) urges water users and the public at large to use the available water sparingly as water levels in the listed dams and catchment areas in Mpumalanga continue to decline.
According to its weekly state of reservoirs report of October 26, the average water levels in the listed dams in the province recorded a drop from 65,5 per cent to 64,9 translating to 1 648,3 cubic metres of water out of the required 2 538,6 cubic metres.
“Even though the situation looks better than the same period last year when the levels stood at 58,1 per cent, it is important to strengthen water conservation initiatives and use the available efficiently,” it said.
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Water levels also dropped in the water management areas (WMA) with the Olifants WMA dropping from 61 per cent to 60,6, and Inkomati-Usuthu from 62,1 per cent to 61,5.
Klipkoppie in the Ehlanzeni District and Grootdraai in Gert Sibande are the only listed dams that recorded improvements, recording increases from 10,2 per cent to 12 per cent (Klipkoppie) and 75,9 per cent to 76 per cent respectively.
Da Gama Dam remained unchanged at 51,4 per cent.
The department added that as much as the overall situation is not that bad, special attention must be focused on dams below 50 per cent like Klipkoppie, Kwena and Ohrigstad in the Ehlanzeni District.
Kwena dropped from 43,5 per cent to 42,9 and Ohrigstad Dam dropped from 9,1 per cent to 9 per cent.
