To much shock, but many happy residents in the mother city of Cape Town, after watching it face the worst drought in its history, it finally decided to bounce back with much-anticipated rains.
After spending the last 12 months being in worry of the state of the dams throughout the entire Western Cape, the city is on a roll and have restored itself accordingly, pushing day zero back further than stated in January 2018.
Although the dams are considered to be in a much better state than a year ago from just receiving rain in autumn, there are expected to still be countless rains during winter, which will furthermore aid in the city’s efforts to restore the overall water crisis in Cape Town and the Western Cape.
Reasons why the dam has filled up
Although there’s been an adequate amount of rain during these last few months adding to the restoration of the dams, its recovery is also due to Cape Town’s residents reducing their intake of water to just 50 litres a day.
Referring to a report that was released on the 11th of June, the dams have dam’s water levels have increased from 20% to 32% full in the last 2 to 3 months. If it keeps filling up as it did in autumn, which residents and experts are hopeful that it would, with continued water restriction in a household, the drought damage and lack of water will be able to completely restore itself.
Water levels of 68% left to fill by the end of August
Although the dams have recovered with 12% in autumn, there are still 68% that needs to be filled and hopefully will be filled by the end of winter in order to sustain the entire province during the summer months, before the next winter.
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