Cape Town’s water crisis got so bad last year that the city was just 90 days away from turning off the taps. A year on, the South African city’s dams are now over 80% full, water use restrictions have been relaxed and Day Zero – the point at which...
South Africa’s dam levels have risen to nearly 70%, a sign that large parts of the country will not relapse to the dry conditions that it experienced four years ago during the drought. However, statistics show that the average levels have dropped...
With almost two months to go before the first possible summer rains, South Africa has a fairly sufficient amount of water in storage to sustain it through the wet season. The change in water consumption has contributed immensely to the improved...
Western Cape winter rains continue to fill dams to near capacity levels since the downpours started three months ago. This is according to the Department of Water and Sanitation. “The latest figures show that most dams are hovering around 80%...
