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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Western Cape Government says it’s closely monitoring dam levels across the province, which are now significantly lower than at the same time last year.<\/p>\n

The provincial Department of Water and Sanitation said the province\u2019s six largest dams are currently at a combined 48.8 percent capacity.<\/p>\n

This marks a notable decline from the 65.6 percent recorded during the same period last year.<\/p>\n

The decrease has been attributed to lower-than-normal rainfall across the province.<\/p>\n

Premier Alan Winde said as the province moves into winter, his government is engaging with the Water and Sanitation Department to ensure that infrastructure feeding dams and reservoirs are cleared.<\/p>\n

He said this will help ensure that catchment areas effectively channel water into supply dams.<\/p>\n

“We continue to ask for people to use water wisely, and we are also making sure that the systems of filling up our dams, of getting the water into the storage systems when the rain does come that we can collect every single drop. We have to make sure that we are managing not just for this season but for the next three years.”<\/p>\n

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