Mixed results for Mpumalanga’s dams
Dams in Mpumalanga recorded a 0.3% drop from 93.3% to 93.0%.
The Kwena Dam in the Crocodile River system in the Lowveld and Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga Province recorded an increase in water levels and breached the 90% mark again since October.
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) weekly state of reservoirs report of December 5 shows that the Kwena Dam increased from last week’s 89.1% to 90.7%.
Most of the Lowveld’s dams recorded declines in water levels, but some dams recorded improvements in water volumes. The Blyderivierpoort Dam increased from 75.2% to 75.3%, Longmere Dam rose from 86.2% to 90.9%, and Witklip Dam recorded an improvement from 93.0% to 93.6%.
Dams that recorded declines in water levels include Buffelskloof which dropped from 100.7% to 100.3%, Driekoppies from 98.0% to 97.9%, Klipkopjes from 95.1% to 92.4%, Primkop from 100.4% to 99.6%, Da Gama from 94.6% to 88.7%, Inyaka from 78.7% to 78.6% and Ohrigstad from 23.2% to 22.7%.
In relation to the provincial overview, the average water levels in the listed dams in Mpumalanga Province recorded a 0.3% drop from 93.3% to 93.0%. Water levels also dropped in the Water Management Areas (WMA) with the Olifants WMA recording a drop from 83.1% to 82.1% and the Inkomati-Usuthu WMA slightly dropping from 94.8% to 94.7%.
DWS also calls on the public to be ambassadors of water conservation and to protect the water resources as water has no substitute.
