Pretoria — The Department of Water and Sanitation has urged water users to inculcate the culture of using water more wisely as most dams across the country continue to decline week on week. This week the National Water Storage decreased by 0.4% from 72.7% last week to 72.3% this week. Umgeni Dam systemThe Umgeni Dam system with five dams serving mainly eThekwini and Msunduzi decreased to 62.2% from 62.4%. Save every little dropThe department reiterated that it is the responsibility of every water user to be more cautious when using water as South Africa is considered a water scarce country. South Africa loses a lot of water of water due to leakages."

Source: The North Africa Journal May 11, 2017 11:37 UTC