The Mpumalanga Province continues to record declines in water volume even though some parts of the province received some rain over the last week.
The Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS) weekly state of reservoirs report of 02 November 2021 shows that the average water levels in the Mpumalanga dropped from last week’s 75.1% to 74.2% this week. The water management areas (WMA) also recorded declines in water volumes with the Olifants dropping from 68.2% to 67.4% and the Inkomati-Usuthu dropping from 83.4% to 82.3%.
Driekoppies and Primkop dams recorded some improvements in the Ehlanzeni District and the Lowveld, with Driekoppies increasing from 94.4% to 94.7% and Primkop increasing from 66.8% to 69.3%. Da Gama Dam remained unchanged at 87.8%. Continuing to drop, Blyderivierpoort dropped from 80.9% to 80.8%, Buffelskloof from 61.9% to 57.2%, Longmere from 81.5% to 80.4%, Klipkopjes from 85.2% to 81.8%, Kwena from 78.9% to 77.1%, Inyaka from 76.6% to 76.3% and Ohrigstad from 38.1% to 36.2%.
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In the Gert Sibande District; Nooitgedacht, Vygeboom and Jericho dams recorded some improvements, increasing from 95.1% to 95.3%, 93.3% to 93.4% and 79.2% to 80.0% respectively. On the decline mode, Grootdraai dropped from 71.3% to 70.4%, Westoe from 44.7% to 42.9%, Morgenstond from 79.2% to 78.3% and Heyshope from 83.6% to 83.3%.
Middelburg Dam was the only shining star in the Nkangala District as it recorded a slight increase from 77.4% to 78.1%. Witbank Dam dropped from 86.1% to 85.2%, Loskop Dam dropped from 82.8% to 82.1% and the Rhenosterkop or Mkhombo Dam further dropped from the 6.5% to 6.2%.
Considering the continuous drops in water volume, DWS encourages the public to continue using water wisely as South Africa is a water-scarce country.
