Western Cape dams topped up as rain lashes the province

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The latest official dam level stats for the Western Cape show that cumulatively the six major dams in the province are still below 60% of capacity.

The six major dams in the Western Cape – the Berg River, Steenbras Lower, Steenberg Upper, Theewaterskloof, Voelvlei and Wemmershoek – will, however, see increases as rain lashed the province this week.

Down on last year

The City of Cape Town uploaded its latest stats on Monday, 19 May.

The latest figures show the six dams are a combined 59% of total storage.

That’s down from the 59.5% the previous week.

The current levels are also down on the same period a year ago when the combined percentage stood at 60%.

Theewaterskloof, which accounts for more than 50% of the Western Cape’s total dam capacity (480 188 MI of a total of 898 221 MI) is at 59.2% of capacity, while the next biggest dam, Voëlvlei (164 095 MI), is at 57.7%.

Western Cape residents need no reminding of life during the ‘Day Zero’ water crisis from mid-2017 to mid-2018.