This week sees the second successive decrease in dam levels with the average dam level dropping by 0.2%.
Only the Kouga dam showed an increase in level by 0.1% or 62 Megalitres, the rest all got emptier.
Walking in Settlers Park yesterday brought the drought home as the level of the river is very low.
Major Storage Dam levels supplying the Metro (as at 7 March 2011), Capacity – Volume of water:
- Kouga: 39,9% – 51 292 Ml
- Churchill: 36,0% – 12 792 Ml
- Impofu: 22,7% – 22 253 Ml
- Loerie: 41,3% – 1 619 Ml
- Groendal: 69,1% – 8 043 Ml
- Average all: 34,6 % of total combined capacity (95 998 Ml divided by 277 401).
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Alan Straton
Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
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