Dams supplying water to the City of Cape Town are overflowing.
According to the latest
statistics from the Department of Water & Sanitation, Cape Town’s dam
levels reached 100,8%. This is a 1.7% increase from last week. At the same time
last year, dam levels stood at 75,4%. Dam levels in the Western Cape are, as of
Monday, stood at 91.2%.
THEEWATERSKLOOF DAM The City of Cape Town
said daily water usage however was exceeded by 2 million litres. The City aims
to use 800million litres per day.
Mayoral Committee
Member for Water and Sanitation, Zahid Badroodien, thanked residents for
playing their part in ensuring dams have reached full capacity.
‘’While we certainly
welcome the healthy dam levels, we cannot allow this to give us a false sense
of water security for the future. To help secure Cape Town's water future, the
City's Water and Sanitation Directorate is focusing on its New Water Programme
plans to bring an extra daily 300 million litres of water online by 2030.
‘’Our water resilience
is important for our residents and for economic growth in Cape Town. For this
reason, we need more than just dams to ensure our water supply is resilient for
years to come as clearly highlighted by our customers during the drought, to
help navigate future climate shocks,’’
‘’The City cannot
achieve this on its own so we thank our residents for contributing to building
our water-future be it from paying their water bills to making water-wise
decisions in their daily lives,' said Zahid Badroodien, Mayoral Committee Member
for Water and Sanitation.
Done By: Esona Mfazwe
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