LIMPOPO – The weekly Provincial State of Dams report indicates an increase in the majority of dam levels compared to last year this time. This is despite a slight drop in the provincial water storage.
As of 8 March, the provincial water storage stands at 87.8%, compared to last week’s 88.3%. This is still remarkable improvement compared to last years 70.4% during the same period.
In Mopani the Ebenezer dam in Groot Letaba, which supplies majority of the communities around Polokwane, has seen a steady week-on-week increase and now stands at 84.1%, from 78.6% last week. A huge improvement from last year when it stood at 27.4% at this time.
Tzaneen dam saw a slight decrease from last week’s 102.3% to 101.9% this week, while, Modjadji dam recorded a 3.3% increase and currently stands at 84.5%.
In Sekhukhune, Flag Boshielo decreased from 106.5% last week to 102.3% this week.
While Doorndraai dam in Waterberg district indicated a 4.8% increase and now stands at 38.8%.
See the dam levels as recorded on 8 March 2021: