Water levels at Grootdraai Dam stand at 83.4%
Dams that recorded declines include Grootdraai Dam dropping from 84.6% to 83.4%, Nooitgedacht from 84.8% to 83.4%, Vygeboom from 100.7% to 100.4%, Jericho from 77.0% to 76.5%, Morgenstond from 97.9% to 97.7% and Heyshope from 97.8% to 97.7%.
Gert Sibande District water levels dropped below 90%.
According to the state of reservoirs report from the Department of Water and Sanitation, dated October 9, levels dropped from 90.1% to 89.6%.
The drop in water volumes in the district is in line with the situation in Mpumalanga, which shows that the average water levels in the listed dams dropped from 93.4% to 92.8%.
Levels also continued to drop in the water management areas (WMA) as the Olifants dropped from 86.4% to 85.8% and the Inkomati-Usuthu from 94.1% to 93.6%.
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In the other districts, levels also dropped with Ehlanzeni from 95.5% to 94.6% and Nkangala dropping from 97.0% to 96.5%.
Westoe is the only dam that remained stable recording an unchanged 58.0%, with the rest recording declines in water volumes.
Dams that recorded declines include Grootdraai Dam dropping from 84.6% to 83.4%, Nooitgedacht from 84.8% to 83.4%, Vygeboom from 100.7% to 100.4%, Jericho from 77.0% to 76.5%, Morgenstond from 97.9% to 97.7% and Heyshope from 97.8% to 97.7%.
The department encouraged the public to continue using water wisely and sparingly, taking into consideration that water conservation is key to water security, especially as South Africa is a water-scarce country.
