{"id":214088,"date":"2022-01-20T09:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T07:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/kzn-dam-levels-continue-to-increase\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T09:45:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T07:45:24","slug":"kzn-dam-levels-continue-to-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kzn-dam-levels-continue-to-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"KZN dam levels continue to increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202201\/dam_0.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Water and Sanitation says KwaZulu-Natal dam levels continue to increase week on week and stand at 81.7% &#8211; a jump from last week\u2019s 78.5%.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to a weekly report on the state of reservoirs issued by the department.<\/p>\n<p>KwaZulu-Natal, like most parts of the country, has seen a lot of rain which means dams in the province have been filling up.<\/p>\n<p>The department\u2019s spokesperson, Sputnik Ratau, said the increase in dam levels is welcomed, although it did come as a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe normally expect rainy weather and therefore filled up dams during February and March as those months are more the rainy ones in the seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we still welcome the water in our dams. We would like to continue to remind South Africans that although dams are full, we must continue to use water sparingly,\u201d Ratau said.<\/p>\n<p>The Umgeni Water Supply System is looking healthy at 94.1%, which is a considerable jump from 91.4%.<\/p>\n<p>Inanda dropped by 2% landing at 102.4%, while Midmar remained at 101.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Driel Barrage, Zaaihoek and Bivane were all unchanged at 87.2%, 75.4% and 72.9% respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Woodstock took a dip from 96.1% to land at 95.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Spring Grove passed the 100% mark and is currently at 103.%, while Hazelmere dropped to just above the halfway mark at 53,.% from 65.0% last week. &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Water and Sanitation says KwaZulu-Natal dam levels continue to increase week on week and stand at 81.7% &#8211; a jump from last week\u2019s 78.5%. This is according to a weekly report on the state of reservoirs issued by the department. KwaZulu-Natal, like most parts of the country, has seen a lot of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-214088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kzn-dam-levels-continue-to-increase.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}