Last weeks rains in the greater Cape Town area have run into our dams and significantly filled dam levels however the Southern Cape is still experiencing lower than average dam levels. Now that the rainy season is steadily approaching many areas in the Western Cape, it is a truly a great time to build up a [...]
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With very few exceptions all Western Cape Dam levels are still dropping. Cape Town has only seen 3 rainy days this April and the weather forecast predicts yet another dry week with 0% chance precipitation. Is Cape Town entering a lower than average rainy season? Compared with last year’s average dam level of 55.9% the Western Cape’s [...] The western Cape is starting to enter its rainy season. This means dam levels will be rising as they collect water to supply our region with clean water for the dryer summer months. In the same way that our dams collect and store rain water you can now easily collect and store free water by harvesting the [...] This week the biggest dam level drop was the Eikenhof dam, falling 8.8% Eikenhof dam Picture from Elgin Grabow angling club Dam level information from CSIR Dam Middel-Metabo Dam Berg River Dam Eikenhof Dam Misverstand Steenbras Dam lower Steenbras Dam [...] The following tables shows the dam levels of various dams across the country as recorded by SCIR. This weeks biggest level drop is the Roode Els Berg Dam that lost 12%. Although I do not know the cause of this massive drop, a massive drop like this can’t in any way be sustainable. Dam River April 5 Middel-Metabo Dam The Makana Municipality in Grahamstown may be turning green even with the severer water shortages it faces as its dams run dry. Though it is unclear from this article what specifically the “Memorandum of Understanding” is, it is great to hear that renewable energy and wind power is drawing more attention in South Africa. Is Grahamstown [...] Another South African town runs out of water as two of its dams dry out. Urgent attention is needed to prevent this from happening to more Towns and cities across the country. Our nations water habits will have to change to prevent total water scarcity. Dam River Middel-Metabo Dam Berg [...] Dam levels drop again with as demand exceeds river in flow rates. Dam River Groendal Dam Ernest Robertson Dam Garden Route Dam Hartebeestkuil Dam Impofu Dam Kromrivier Dam Wolwedans Dam Korentepoort [...] This past week has brought some relief to areas facing water scarcity as rain causes dam levels to rise.
Dam Name River Groendal Dam Ernest Robertson Dam Garden Route Dam Hartebeestkuil Dam Impofu Dam Kromrivier Dam Wolwedans Dam Korentepoort Dam Duiwelshok Dam Gamka Dam Gamkapoort Dam Kammanassie Dam Leeugamka dam Miertjieskraal Dam Stompdrift Dam Below are the current dam levels as published by the CSIR for February 22ndth 2010. Dam Name River Groendal Dam Ernest Robertson Dam Garden Route Dam Hartebeestkuil Dam Impofu Dam Kromrivier Dam Wolwedans Dam |
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