DAM levels in KwaZulu-Natal have dropped from 56.3 per cent last week to 56 per cent in the current week.

“Although this is a marginal decline, this continued trend is deeply concerning mainly because the spring season is in full swing. Temperatures will begin to soar and given the continued effects of climate change, we are expecting that things will get worse before they get better,” said the Department of Water and Sanitation spokesperson, Sputnik Ratau.

One of the province’s largest dams, Albert Falls, has continued to decline from last week’s 35.1 per cent to 34.5 per cent this week. Also on a decline is Hazelmere Dam, which has decreased from last week’s 45.6 per cent to 44.5 per cent this week.

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Spring Grove Dam, located in Mooi River, has recorded 49.9 per cent this week, from 51.4 per cent in the previous week. The Pongolapoort Dam is also shrinking from 41, 3 per cent to 41, 1 per cent. However, Ratau said some of the dams in the province have recorded considerably good levels.

These include Inanda Dam, which is at 80.2 per cent, from last week’s 81 per cent, and Midmar Dam, which is at 93.9 per cent, from 94.2 per cent last week.

Ratau said Umgeni Water Supply System, with five dams supplying water to eThekwini Metro, Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas, is at 64.9 per cent this week, from last week’s 65.6 per cent.

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