A top hotel in Zimbabwe became the butt of jokes on social media Wednesday after it offered its guests buckets of hot bathwater following a power outage in Harare.
Even though the decrease in the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) dam levels is marginal – a 0.3% drop from last week and an 23.6% increase from the preceding year – the Department of Water and Sanitation urged residents to use water sparingly.
Gauteng Dam levels overview
Use water sparingly
The Department calls on residents to refrain from flushing toilets “unless it is necessary to do so”, adding that this one small step “could assist to save many litres of water”.
“In the same vein, the department wishes to reiterate that when washing cars water users must refrain from using hosepipes but rather use buckets. This is especially the case for businesses such as car washes”.
The Department of Water and Sanitation on Thursday urged Gauteng residents to exercise caution with regards to water use. The Gauteng dam levels show a minor drop from the previous week.
Nevertheless, the department said the dam levels “have shown resilience this week” despite the recent decrease. The province’s water level reached 100.2% last week and dropped by .2 to 100% this week.
“Both last week’s and this week’s levels are lower compared with the level of 100.8% the dams recorded at the same time last year.”
Gauteng Dam levels overview
Vaal River System (IVRS) report
As per the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) report from Rand Water, “the water management entity abstracts water, currently hovers at 92%”, which is drop of 0.4% from last week.