Kwena Dam, which is critical for water supply in the City of Mbombela, has continued to record a decline in water volume and its level has now dropped to below 80%.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said in a statement that the level in this dam dropped by 2.6% from last week’s 81.5% to 78.9%, as recorded on Monday October 25.

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“The drop in Kwena Dam is in line with the continuous decline in the average water levels in the listed dams in Mpumalanga where the average dam levels dropped from 76% to 75.1%. Water levels also continued to drop in the water management areas, with the Olifants dropping from 68.8% to 68.2% and the Inkomati-Usuthu dropping from 84.0% to 83.4%,” read the statement.

Elsewhere in the Ehlanzeni District and the Lowveld, Blyderivierpoort Dam dropped from 82.6% to 80.9%, Buffelskloof from 66.2% to 61.9%, Ohrigstad from 40.4% to 38.1%, Driekoppies from 94.6% to 94.4%, Klipkopjes from 90.4% to 85.2%, Witklip from 85.8% to 84.3%, Primkop from 72.7% to 66.8%, Da Gama from 89.6% to 87.8% and Inyaka from 77.4% to 76.6%.

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“Longmere Dam is the only dam that recorded some improvement in the Ehlanzeni District, increasing from 72.6% to 81.5%.”

The department urged the public to use water wisely and in a more sparing manner, taking into consideration that South Africa is a water-scarce and dry country. “Let us conserve the little we have for water security for the current and future generations.”