City of Cape Town declares drought local disaster

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© Thosaporn Wintachai – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>As at Monday, 6 March 2017, dam levels dropped to 31.5%, down 1.6% from last week. Effectively, dam levels are at 21.5% as the last 10% of a dam's water is mostly not useable. At the current draw-down rate of the dams, approximately 113 days of useable water is left.