LIMPOPO -We are still urging residents to use water sparingly despite the dam levels being in a ‘satisfactory state’.
This is according to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), who say that the current dams levels are at 69,2% this week, which shows a slight decline compared to last week when reading recorded 69,4%.
However this is a considerable improvement compared to 44.3% last year however it is not satisfactory hence people must at all-time conserve water, DWS adds.
Looking at the summary of Water Management Area (WMA) for Limpopo, last year this time the water levels were at 52,1% whereas now we are at 76,4%.
- The Olifants, it is now at 65.8%, a huge improvement compared to last year’s 39.5%.
- The Polokwane Water Supply Systems is at 56.9% showing a slight decline when compared to 57.1% last week.
- The Luvuvhu Water Supply Systems has a slight decline, sitting at 93.7% this week compared to 94.0% last week.
- Nandoni Dam currently stands at 97, 25% this week which brings relief to communities.
- Ebenezer Dam is at 93, 12% this week, while the Tzaneen Dam has improved to 50, 09% from last week’s 45, 67%.
- Mokolo Dam slightly decreased by 1.79% from 87.97% last week to 86, 18% this week and De Hoop Dam slightly went down from 95.79% last week to 95.03% this week with a decrease of 0.76%.
“In relation to the provincial storage, even though the water levels are still at a satisfactory percentage, the province still needs to continue to implement water restrictions so that reliable water provision is sustained until the rainy season”.
Water is a scarce resource and catalytic towards economic development and it must therefore be conserved at all times – DWS
