Cape Town dam levels increase by 0,6%

23 June 2020

Dams supplying the Cape Metro have filled by 0,6% over the past week (15 June to 21 June 2020) to 58,8% of total capacity. Water consumption

Dams supplying the Cape Metro have filled by 0,6% over the past week (15 June to 21 June 2020) to 58,8% of total capacity. Water consumption for the same period was 665 million litres per day, up 15 million litres per day from the previous week.

‘It is encouraging to see dam levels continue the upward trend, with further showers predicted for later this week. Dam levels should continue to rise throughout winter, after which point the City will reassess water restrictions. As things stand there is currently around a 50% chance that dams will be full by the end of winter, but we can’t count our chickens before they hatch. There is also a chance that rainfall this winter will be low again, we continue to keep a close eye on the situation and decisions will be made based on an assessment of the hydrological year, which ends in November.

This being said, good progress is being made in terms of developing new water sources. The City is on the verge of receiving first water from the Table Mountain Group Aquifer abstraction programme, around 15 million litres of groundwater water is currently on track to come online before the next summer period and ramping up thereafter,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Waste, Alderman Xanthea Limberg.

For more information on new water sources, water restrictions  (Level 1 currently in place), guidelines around alternative water sources such as boreholes and rainwater tanks, and tariff information, please visit www.capetown.gov.za/thinkwater

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