By the end of March 2016, Western Cape dams were 32% full. This is a year-on-year decrease of 13%, with dam capacity having reached 45% by the end of March, 2015.
Generally, South Africa’s water storage infrastructure was only 53% full, with 1 711 8106m³ water in storage of a possible 3 224 6106m³. In July 2015, dam storage was at 75% full.
The following indicates the current dam volumes (as a percentage of full capacity) per province year-on-year:
- Eastern Cape was at 68% capacity, down from 78% this time last year;
- Free State was at 53%, compared with 79% in July 2015;
- Gauteng was at 86% full, down from 91% in July 2015;
- KwaZulu-Natal was at 47%, down from 67%;
- Limpopo was at 58%, down from 83%;
- Northern Cape was at 61%, down from 83%;
- North West was at 66%, slightly up from 63% this time last year.
