Hot temperatures reduce the country’s dam levels

GAUTENG.- Sweltering temperatures across South Africa are beginning to impact negatively on the country’s dam levels, although good water storage is keeping the hopes high.
The latest weekly dam levels report by the Department of Water and Sanitation paints a gloomy picture of the average national dam levels that are dropping at a rate of one percent week-on-week. The Department of Water and Sanitation said that the current levels were recorded at 66,7%, a drop from 67,4% last week. “The national water storage, however, is stable at 21, 360,8 cubic metres, a two-third of the 32 012,1 cubic metres at full capacity.
The continuous decline in levels of Integrated Vaal River System (IRVS) in Gauteng could put pressure on the available water resources if the province does not receive good rainfalls in the next coming weeks.” The report indicates that the province, because of its fewer and smaller dams, recorded 89%, the highest level in the country this week.