According to the latest figures, dam average dam levels had increased to 42.2%.
A year ago they were at an average of 62.5%.
The spokesperson for the province's Department of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, James Brent-Styan, said they've seen some good rainfall recently. He said the current level of just over 42% was much better than two weeks earlier, but not at the same level as a year ago. "The problem is last year this time, it was about 62%, so we're about 20% off [the mark]," Brent-Styan said. "We're not comfortable yet, but things are definitely improving," he said.
As far as the Garden Route was concerned, Bent-Styan said it was the region in the Western Cape over which they were the least worried about.
He said dam levels in the Garden Route area were generally a lot better off than in the rest of the Western Cape. Brent-Styan noted that Knysna was the exception and that there was a level of concern, but they were monitoring the situation.
