Cape Town’s dam levels fall sharply as summer water use rises

Cape Town’s dam levels fall sharply as summer water use rises

Cape Town’s water outlook has taken an early-summer knock, with dam levels falling faster than expected just as hotter weather and rising consumption set in. According to the City’s Water Dashboard, storage levels in the Western Cape Water Supply System stood at 73.7% on Tuesday, 23 December 2025, a drop of almost two percentage points in a single week. Levels are now about 19% lower than at the same time last year, raising fresh concern about w…