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Serving as evidence of this is the Department of Water and Sanitation&#8217;s (DWS) latest weekly report, showing the total available water is at 100,9%. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a significant improvement compared to the 85,8% at this time last year. The level of several major dams for water storage and supply to consumers are hovering between 88% and 108,5%, while two are below the 60% mark. The two in question are Goothoek and Rustfontein, sitting at 52,7% and 58,9%, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Of these important dams, seven are above the 100% mark. 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