The City of Cape Town will be installing water management devices on the properties of all excessive water users, irrespective of the reason for the high usage. The city has identified more than 50 000 excessive usage properties across the metro...
Levels in the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) are continuing to decline having shrunk from 77.1% to 76.4% in the space of week. According to the Department of Water and Sanitation this is concerning because the IVRS is the backbone of Gauteng....
As temperatures rise dam levels around the country continue to drop with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) calling on South Africans to ramp up their water conservation efforts. The department says its weekly state of reservoirs report...
Residents across multiple provinces have again been urged to conserve water as dam levels across the country drop. South African dam levels have dropped slightly from 69.1% to 68.6% this week, according to the latest weekly report published by the...
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille will announce the details of the city’s Water Resilience Plan on 17 August. Dam storage levels are currently at 31.1%, with useable water at approximately 21.1%. Collective consumption for the past week was 610...
The minimal winter rain Western Cape has brought little relief to the drought stricken province. Dam levels have shown only a marginal increase of 8% while consumption has increased and the 500 million litre per day target is being exceeded. The...
South Africa continues to experience decreasing dam levels as the drought-stricken Western Cape hits a critical low. Western Cape at crisis point Despite recent rains, the province’s dam levels remain extremely low for this time of the year. While...
South Africa’s national water storage levels showed a decrease last week based on an assessment by the Department of Water and Sanitation. The assessment which was carried out on Monday showed a 0.4% decline in average dam levels, leaving national...
Despite recent heavy rains in the Western Cape, water still needs to be saved and used very sparingly, says Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille. On Friday, the city’s dam levels were recorded at 20.4%. However, with the last 10% of water mostly...
