{"id":48840,"date":"2021-05-13T11:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T09:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/water-crisis-dam-levels-decreasing-by-the-hour-20210512-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:35:16","slug":"water-crisis-dam-levels-decreasing-by-the-hour-20210512-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/water-crisis-dam-levels-decreasing-by-the-hour-20210512-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dam levels decreasing by the hour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_4230134b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11087\/4c083cb30c4248e28b01a09dbe8d3f0c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11087\/c5f8ee56c3774293bfbbdf7cfe082885.jpg\" title=\"The level of the Impofu Dam (photo) is currently at 15,19%. The other dam levels are Kouga (4,25%), Churchill (25,99%) and Groendal (27,53%). The combined total is 12,44% which means only 35 031 mega- liters are available for use.Photo: CARA-LEE DORFLING\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The level of the Impofu Dam (photo) is currently at 15,19%. The other dam levels are Kouga (4,25%), Churchill (25,99%) and Groendal (27,53%). The combined total is 12,44% which means only 35 031 mega- liters are available for use.Photo: CARA-LEE DORFLING<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>THE rise in dam levels is very disappointing after the recent good rains. Some hope is that there is still inflow into the dams, although minimal and the rate is decreasing by the hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is according to Garth Sampson, client liaison officer of the South African Weather Service\u2019s Eastern Cape Region, who said instead of an increase, there was an overall drop of dam levels of -0.1 %. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, considering that we have an average of a 0.46% drop per week, one can thus assume that there was in fact a real rise of 0.45%, but that has been used up already. Although the inflow is disappointing, it did buy us another week, till we reach the critical 10%, where extraction from the dams becomes extremely difficult,\u201d said Sampson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him the week ahead looks completely dry, which is even more disappointing for Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole\u2019s water woes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnother interesting fact is that many would believe that the rain so far this month is above normal. 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