At a time when water is of the utmost importance in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nelson Mandela Bay and Kouga municipalities are on the brink of Day Zero.
This is according to the Provincial Leader of the DA Nqaba Bhanga who was commenting on the Metro's latest dam levels.
The City’s supply dams are at 22.16% of capacity
The Kouga dam: 12.29%
Impofu dam: 16.45%
Loerie dam: 29.44%
Groendal dam: 37.20%
Churchill dam: 68.93%
Graph: Nelson Mandela Bay Metro
Bhanga says no significant rainfall is predicted over the next six months and furthermore, the last 10% of the water in any dam is unusable, which means that, technically, dam levels are at 12.16%
The Metro is also using 300 megalitres of water per day while the daily consumption level should be 250 megalitres.
The DA says the ANC-led coalition government has failed dismally in all respects to attend to the water crisis.
The Party has written to the Speaker to request an urgent council meeting via a digital platform.
