The latest Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) weekly state of reservoirs report of March 6 shows that the average dam levels in Mpumalanga are stable and remain unchanged from last week’s 100.1%.

The report also shows that the water management areas (WMA) recorded slight drops in water volumes, with the Olifants WMA recording a drop from 90.7% to 90.4% and the Inkomati-Usuthu WMA dropping from 101.3% to 101.1%.

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The majority of listed dams in the Lowveld and Ehlanzeni District recorded slight declines in water volumes.

These are the dams that declined in water volume:
• Nooitgedacht from 100.0% to 101.1%
• Vygeboom from 101.6% to 102.2%
• Driekoppies from 102.4% to 101.5%
• Longmere from 102.5% to 101.6%
• Klipkopjes from 100.6% to 99.6%
• Witklip from 101.8% to 101.5%
• Primkop from 101.3% to 101.1%
• Kwena from 101.3% to 101.1%
• Da Gama from 101.2% to 100.8%
• Inyaka from 103.1% to 102.0%
• Ohrigstad from 100.3% to 100.2%.

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The spokesperson for the DWS ,Wisani Mavasa, said despite the water levels remaining stable with slight changes in most dams, the department reminds the public that South Africa is a water-scarce country and water has no substitute, therefore it is crucial to use the available resource wisely and sparingly.