The total combined capacity of Nelson Mandela Bay's main supply dams has dropped to below 30 percent for the first time since the big rains of September 2018.
Those rains, which saw more than 200 mm measured in parts of the catchment areas in the Langkloof, bumped the Metro's main supply dams up to a combined 55% of capacity.
In the week preceding those rains, the combined level was at just 18%.
According to the PE Branch of the SA weather service, 2019 was one of the region's driest on record and it is reflected in the level of Nelson Mandela Bay's main supply dams, which has now dropped to an average 29.56% of total combined capacity.
According to figures released by the Municipality on Friday morning, the largest of the supply dams, the Kouga, is at just 22.98%, the Churchill at 89.32, and the Impofu at 16.81.
The Groendal dam which serves the Uitenhage area is at 30.84%.
