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Table 11.2 Water storage levels in major dams comprising Western Cape Province Water Supply
System (WCWSS) (from 2016 to 2019)
Dam
Capacity (ML) Percentage storage
2016
2017
2018
20 May 2019
Berg River
130 010
27.2
31.7
39.1
69.1
Steenbras Lower
33 517
36.2
25.5
33.7
38.5
Steenbras Upper
31 767
55.7
55.7
56.2
73.8
Theewaterskloof
480 188
30.8
14.6
12.1
35.9
Voelvlei
164 095
21.3
16.4
14.4
54.6
Wemmershoek
58 644
47.3
36.1
47.5
42.0
Total stored
898 221
275 581
185 755 189 375 412 815
Percentage storage
30.7
20.7
21.1
46.0
Source City of Cape Town (2019a, b)
References
Balay-As M, Marlowe J, Gaillard JC (2018) Deconstructing the binary between indigenous and
scientific knowledge in disaster risk reduction: approaches to high impact weather hazards. Int J
Disaster Risk Reduct 30:18–24
Bruns B (2008) Community priorities for water rights: some conjectures on assumptions, principles
and programmes. In: Van Koppen B, Giordano M, Butterworth J (eds) Community based water
law and water resource management reform in developing countries, CABI, pp 28–45
Chambers D (2018) Western Cape agriculture adds up the cost of the continuing drought. Business Daily. Available https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-07-19-western-cape-agr
iculture-adds-up-the-cost-of-the-continuing-drought/. Accessed 23 May 2019
City of Cape Town (2019a). City of Cape Town: dam levels report. Available https://resource.
capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20research%20reports%20and%20review/
damlevels.pdf. Accessed 21 May 2019
City of Cape Town (2019b) Residential water restrictions explained. Available https://www.cap
etown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/residential-utility-services/residential-water-and-sanita
tion-services/Residential-water-restrictions-explained. Accessed 22 May 2019
Day SJ (2009) Community-based water resources management. Waterlines 28(1):47–62
Dube E, Munsaka E (2018) The contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction
activities in Zimbabwe: a big call to practitioners. Jàmbá J Disaster Risk Stud 10(1):1–8
Enshassi A, Shakalaih S (2016) Community based disaster risk reduction: a case study from Palestine. In: Proceedings of 2016 2nd international conference on disaster management and civil
engineering (ICDMCE’2016), Kyoto, Japan, pp 15–21
Haque M (2019) Indigenous knowledge and practices in disaster management: experiences of the
coastal people of Bangladesh. In: Disaster risk reduction. Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, pp
59–72
Iloka N (2016) Indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction: an African Perspective. J Disaster
Risk Stud 8(1):272
Kobayashi K, Ari IRD, Escobar IC, Schaefer A (2014) Community based water management and
social capital. IWA Publishing, London
Lassa JA, Yos Bo, Yulius N, Silvia F, Alex O, Herman L (2018) Twenty years of community-based
disaster risk reduction experience from a dryland village in Indonesia. Jàmbá J Disaster Risk
Stud 10(1):1–10
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Table 11.2 Water storage levels in major dams comprising Western Cape Province Water Supply
System (WCWSS) (from 2016 to 2019)
Dam
Capacity (ML) Percentage storage
2016
2017
2018
20 May 2019
Berg River
130 010
27.2
31.7
39.1
69.1
Steenbras Lower
33 517
36.2
25.5
33.7
38.5
Steenbras Upper
31 767
55.7
55.7
56.2
73.8
Theewaterskloof
480 188
30.8
14.6
12.1
35.9
Voelvlei
164 095
21.3
16.4
14.4
54.6
Wemmershoek
58 644
47.3
36.1
47.5
42.0
Total stored
898 221
275 581
185 755 189 375 412 815
Percentage storage
30.7
20.7
21.1
46.0
Source City of Cape Town (2019a, b)
References
Balay-As M, Marlowe J, Gaillard JC (2018) Deconstructing the binary between indigenous and
scientific knowledge in disaster risk reduction: approaches to high impact weather hazards. Int J
Disaster Risk Reduct 30:18–24
Bruns B (2008) Community priorities for water rights: some conjectures on assumptions, principles
and programmes. In: Van Koppen B, Giordano M, Butterworth J (eds) Community based water
law and water resource management reform in developing countries, CABI, pp 28–45
Chambers D (2018) Western Cape agriculture adds up the cost of the continuing drought. Business Daily. Available https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-07-19-western-cape-agr
iculture-adds-up-the-cost-of-the-continuing-drought/. Accessed 23 May 2019
City of Cape Town (2019a). City of Cape Town: dam levels report. Available https://resource.
capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20research%20reports%20and%20review/
damlevels.pdf. Accessed 21 May 2019
City of Cape Town (2019b) Residential water restrictions explained. Available https://www.cap
etown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/residential-utility-services/residential-water-and-sanita
tion-services/Residential-water-restrictions-explained. Accessed 22 May 2019
Day SJ (2009) Community-based water resources management. Waterlines 28(1):47–62
Dube E, Munsaka E (2018) The contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction
activities in Zimbabwe: a big call to practitioners. Jàmbá J Disaster Risk Stud 10(1):1–8
Enshassi A, Shakalaih S (2016) Community based disaster risk reduction: a case study from Palestine. In: Proceedings of 2016 2nd international conference on disaster management and civil
engineering (ICDMCE’2016), Kyoto, Japan, pp 15–21
Haque M (2019) Indigenous knowledge and practices in disaster management: experiences of the
coastal people of Bangladesh. In: Disaster risk reduction. Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, pp
59–72
Iloka N (2016) Indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction: an African Perspective. J Disaster
Risk Stud 8(1):272
Kobayashi K, Ari IRD, Escobar IC, Schaefer A (2014) Community based water management and
social capital. IWA Publishing, London
Lassa JA, Yos Bo, Yulius N, Silvia F, Alex O, Herman L (2018) Twenty years of community-based
disaster risk reduction experience from a dryland village in Indonesia. Jàmbá J Disaster Risk
Stud 10(1):1–10