There are renewed
concerns about the
impact of the drought on
agricultural exports after
the City of Cape Town
reported last week that
dam levels had declined to
24.1%. With the last 10%
of a dam’s water mostly not
being usable, dam levels
are effectively at a level of
14.1%.
The mother city’s
mayoral committee
member for Informal
Settlements, Water
and Waste Services
and Energy, Xanthea
Limberg, said: “The city
continues to accelerate its
emergency water schemes
in accordance with the
disaster declaration.
“It is carrying on
with extensive pressure
reduction programmes to
reduce the f low of water
and water losses through
leakage in the pipework of
the distribution system."
CAPTION
A recent photograph of the Threewaterskloof dam near Cape Town, one of the main conduits
of water to the city.
A city in crisis
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