THE recent consistent rainfalls in large parts of the country has increased South Africa’s dam levels from 62.4 per cent last week to 64 per cent this week.
According to the latest dam levels report issued by Water and Sanitation Department, some provinces have recorded increases.
KwaZulu-Natal has surpassed last year’s record of dam levels by three percent, having risen from 57.6 per cent to 60.3 per cent.
However, the report noted that while the reservoirs contain 2 882,9 cubic metres in volume of water, the coastal towns, from the Dolphin Coast to the South Coast are the largest beneficiaries of the regular rainfalls that have boosted the cane fields along the coastal belt.
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The report noted that the figures reflect the real impact of the late rains this summer with very high temperatures that resulted in high evaporation rates.
It said all these indicate the unavoidable impacts of climate change and the continued need to safeguard the country’s scarce water resources.
“The protection of the country’s water ecosystem, water infrastructure and the conservative use of water can together assure South Africans of security of water supply whilst the Department of Water and Sanitation continues to deliver on its mandate in support of the National Development Plan (NDP), the African Union’s Agenda 2063, and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6,” the report said.
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