Cape Town’s six major dams have been filled up to the highest level as a result of the recent and consistent downpours.
On Tuesday, the dams were 86.3% full that is, 2.3 percentage points or around 20-billion litres more than a day earlier.
The last time the dams were that full was in late 2014 but three years of low winter rainfall made them go as low as 20%, which resulted to the imposition of severe water restrictions.
It is likely that heavy rainfall in this winter might push the water level close to 100% by the end of the rainy season.
However, the mayoral committee member for water Xanthea Limberg urged residents on Monday to be cautious when calling for water restrictions to be removed.
“Future rainfall is uncertain and new water sources are still in development. A decision on restriction levels for the 2020/2021 hydrological year will be taken on review of the rainy season at the end of August,” she said.
“Tariffs for the new financial year, starting July 1, will be set only to recoup the expected costs of operations/maintenance, and as usual will therefore be significantly determined by anticipated volumes of water consumed by residents and business.”
