{"id":170,"date":"2019-08-28T00:47:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T00:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/?p=170"},"modified":"2019-08-30T14:27:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T14:27:44","slug":"cape-town-dams-full-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/2019\/08\/28\/cape-town-dams-full-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town dams full this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dam levels in the Western Cape have seen a major boost following good rainfall in the past seven days. The biggest dam in the province, The waterskloof, has seen its level increase from by 8.6% from last week, to reach 61.7%. Two of the Cape\u2019s main dams: Berg river and Steenbras are over the 100% mark, and the province\u2019s overall water storage has pushed past the 70% mark for the first time in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2019\/08\/222C5453-17D3-4ED1-B80A-F4EDB83556AA-1090-0000004A62DE3E7D.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2019\/08\/222C5453-17D3-4ED1-B80A-F4EDB83556AA-1090-0000004A62DE3E7D.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2019\/08\/222C5453-17D3-4ED1-B80A-F4EDB83556AA-1090-0000004A62DE3E7D-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption>Berg river dam Source:  (Source: Department of Water affairs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The major dam on the West Coast Clanwilliam Dam has seen levels rise by 24.3% to 71.6% in the past week. From dams to canals, rivers and waterfalls the Mother City\u2019s cup is full and overflowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2019\/08\/67138152_462780341220525_1914452827191640064_n-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2019\/08\/67138152_462780341220525_1914452827191640064_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2019\/08\/67138152_462780341220525_1914452827191640064_n-600x450-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>West coast river Source:  (Source: Department of Water affairs)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nMinister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning,\nAnton Bredell, says the latest average level for dams across the province is\n56.6% (2018: 50.5%). The City of Cape Town\u2019s dams have shot up to 72% full\n(2018: 56.4%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFour\nof the five major catchment areas now see dam levels in excess of 50% full. The\nongoing problem area is the Gouritz River Catchment area which feeds a big part\nof the interior Karoo region. We remain concerned regarding the ongoing drought\nchallenge particularly to the agriculture sector in this region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nWestern Cape Disaster Management Centre has been alerted by the <strong>South\nAfrican Weather Service <\/strong>that further adverse weather conditions are to be\nexpected this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More rain with strong wind, rough\nseas and very cold weather is still expected in cape town this winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dam levels in the Western Cape have seen a major boost following good rainfall in the past seven days. The biggest dam in the province, The waterskloof, has seen its level increase from by 8.6% from last week, to reach 61.7%. Two of the Cape\u2019s main dams: Berg river and Steenbras are over the 100% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/2019\/08\/28\/cape-town-dams-full-this-winter\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Cape Town dams full this winter\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry","9":"h-as-article"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":288,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/rudzani-khameli\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}