Restrictions will remain in place until Western Cape Dam levels exceed 85% – Department of Water

Average dams levels for the Western Cape's water supply system have increased by nearly 5% since last week, according to the regional office of the Ministry of Water and Water Resources. Sanitation

. last week at 53.05% Monday, with the dam Theewaterskloof, the largest dam in the system, having almost doubled compared to the same period last year.

Regional Department Chief Rashid Khan Expected The winter rains season would be an important step towards increasing water security in the province.

He said that despite improvements, residents of the province needed to continue to save water in the face of climate change and change their ways of doing things.

"The current water restrictions will remain in force until our dam level reaches more than 85% as the collective average of the dams in the Western Cape," he said. -he says.

the intention of this department to reduce water users to the sphere of household governance to 50 liters of water per person per day.

Khan said that a collective effort should be made by the local and national government to avoid any complacency.

The ministry said that he was satisfied with the rains he badly needed and that he hoped that dams would continue to fill storage levels above 85%.