The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has urged water users to be more conservative as Kwena Dam continues on its downward spiral. It now sits below 30%.

Kwena, one of the critical dams in the province, supplies Mbombela with its tap water. According to the DWS’ weekly state of reservoirs report of December 14, 2020, Kwena dropped from last week’s 31,3% to 29,5%. This is in contradiction to the provincial average and the water management areas (WMA) that recorded slight improvements. The average levels for the listed dams in Mpumalanga increased from 63,4% to 64,4%. The Olifants WMA increased from 59,1% to 59,3% and the Inkomati-Usuthu WMA increased from 57,1% to 57,4%.

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In the Ehlanzeni District, Blyderivierpoort Dam increased from 82,8% to 83,4%; Driekoppies from 66,7% to 67,1%; Longmere from 45,95% to 50% and Inyaka from 49,3% to 49,5%. On the downward spiral, Buffelskloof dropped from 40,9% to 39%; Klipkoppie from 12,3% to 10,6%; Witklip from 58,6% to 58,2%; Primkop from 61,1% to 58,1% and Ohrigstad from 7% to 6,6%. Da Gama remained unchanged at 48,8%.