Dam levels declining in most provinces

Spokesperson Sputnik Ratau says the storage levels at 211 dams have decreased slightly by 0.3% to 72.9 compared to 73.2% last week. 

"Around the same time last year, the national storage was at 54.6%. There has been a slight decrease in capacity in all provinces, with the exception of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West where there has been no change."

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Ratau says the decline is concerning. 

"The current condition of dams is quite worrying as we are moving out of the period for summer rains and at this stage all water from the summer rains will be in our reservoirs and we will see a gradual fall off of flows in our rivers. The winter rainfall are also of great concern as we have not yet had any significant rain to relieve pressure on the dams in the winter rainfall area."

Ratau says water restrictions are still in place, despite the system being in a better condition than it was in 2016.