Something very important that every South African citizen probably needs to know about is which dams provide the country with water, as well as the current state of it. In many countries, this type of information might seem a bit irrelevant, but in South Africa, it is very important. Knowing about the water crisis in the country, and more specifically the Western Cape will help bring awareness and furthermore, help its citizens be aware of the need to save and sustain water resources.
Where does South Africa get its water from?
The entire beautiful country that is South Africa, makes use of its six biggest dams to provide all its citizens with an adequate amount of water. These dams are all connected through a diverse piping system and have an additional eight smaller sized dams that provide less than half a percentage of the countries supply. While this might seem like an irrelevant source in a country as big as this, there are a lot of people in need of water and every little bit helps. Even half of a percentage.
The usage of water in Cape Town
Although South Africa consists of nine provinces, with the Western Cape requires a lot more water than other provinces. It uses up to 64% of its water supply for its residents. This big number is due to its development and high level of residents, as well as tourists that support the city of Cape Town and boosts the city’s income by a major amount each year.
Up to 32% of the 64% reserved for Cape Town is used towards agriculture and the remaining few percents, used for smaller towns surrounding this beautiful city.
Although many have had anxiety about the state of the dams in the Western Cape, there is still much hope with a dedicated province of residents that have helped this crisis immensely with there efforts in saving water and with winter approaching and ongoing efforts, we say the best is still to come to Cape Town. May water approach you in abundance this winter.
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