Graph: Cape Town’s dams are in much better shape than last year

city of cape town berg river dam september 2018

Cape Town’s combined dam level have dropped another 0.7% over the previous week, the latest report from the City revealed.

Issued on Monday, the report also suggests that dam levels currently stand at 73.4%, a little over 2% lower than 2018’s high water mark.

No ad to show here.

It’s a far cry from where we were in November 2017 though, when dams were just 37% full. A year before that they stood at 58%.

Cape Town dam levels as of 12 November 2018

So, how are individual dams doing?

  • Theewaterskloof Dam: was 57.1%, down by 0.3%, now 57.1%
  • Voelvlei Dam:was 95.5%, down by 1.6%, now 93.9%
  • Berg River Dam: was 99.3%, down by 0.8%, now 98.5%
  • Wemmershoek Dam: was 91.2%, down by 1.2%, now 90%
  • Steenbras Lower Dam: was 71.2%, down by 2.2%, now 69%
  • Steenbras Upper Dam: was 85.1%, down by 0.8%, now 84.3%

Overall, the dams lost around 6.6-billion litres over the previous week.

Consumption remained slightly below the 550-million litres per day mark, with 48% of that total used for agriculture, and 52% used within the City of Cape Town and other urban areas.

Expect dams to continue the drying trend through the month too. November isn’t known for being a wet month for Cape Town.

Feature image: Berg River Dam, September 2018 by City of Cape Town

No ad to show here.

More

News

Sign up to our newsletter to get the latest in digital insights. sign up

Welcome to Memeburn

Sign up to our newsletter to get the latest in digital insights.

Exit mobile version