Capetonians could face stricter water restrictions as dam levels hit a four-year low. [...]
 Water Rhapsody Conservation Systems are the leaders in Greywater garden irrigation and Rainwater Harvesting systems in South Africa. Established in 1994 with offices nation wide and over 3500 installations Water Rhapsody will be there to secure your water concerns.Contact Water Rhapsody. | It should be noted that even with the accumulated rainfall being higher than the norm,the two bigest dams that supply Cape town are still under the 80% mark [...] Surprising for those living in Cape Town is that our dam levels have risen even in when no rain has fallen from the skies. Something sinister must be going on. [...] Western Cape Dam levels are 10% down from this time last year. Should this situation continue this will have dire consequences on towns and cities across the Western Cape,particularly the City of Cape Town. Dam River FSC Last Week This Week Last Year Berg River dam Berg River 127.1 65.3 74.2 100.6 Brandvlei Dam [...] Dams supplying water to the City of Cape Town are at their lowest in 4 years. Even with higher than normal rain over May. [...] Over both of the previous months,March ans April,the Western Cape has experienced less than average rainfall. This in culmination with a high population has the Western Cape drawing down it’s dams faster than previously see. [...] CAPE TOWN has in the past year experienced one of its worst rainfall figures in almost 90 years,and a sustained drought could deplete the region’s fresh water supply. [...] Cities at risk of water restictions and water outages,like Durban,Cape Town and many more,are encouraged to harvest rainwater and recycling greywater. [...] Cape Town winter rainfall pattern | possibility of June and July floods was rebuffed in the Argus of the same day by various expert climatologists. [...] The National Treasury has doubled the budget for the Water and Environmental Affairs Department to R1.6 billion for 2011. Another R6.6 billion will be invested in infrastructure development over the next three years. [...] |   |
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