Water and sanitation department’s latest weekly reservoir report
The department of water and sanitation’s latest weekly reservoir report indicates that water storage levels in the Northern Cape remain strong at 97.6% compared to 99.5% recorded last week. Provincial spokesperson of the department of water and sanitation in the Northern Cape Mr. Amogelang Moholoeng says the province’s reservoirs have a combined full supply capacity of 149.29 million cubic meters. Moholoeng says the Vanderkloof dam located in the Orange river system on the border of the Northern Cape and Free State has declined slightly from 100.4% last week to 99,7% this week. He says other key water storage facilities recorded the following levels, Spitskop dam near Jan Kempdorp 103.1% down from 104.4%, Vaalharts Weir near Warrenton 81.2% up from 76.5%, Douglas Weir 112.3% and Prieska 1.542 metres.
