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Insiza Dam spilling
01 Feb 2017 at 03:19hrs | Views
Insiza Mayfair Dam, which supplies water to Bulawayo was spilling on Tuesday, council officials have said.
Officials described the rare development as exciting as rains continue to pound the country.
"We received reports this afternoon (Tuesday) that Insiza Mayfair Dam is spilling. It's an exciting development. We're anticipating that as the rainfall season continues we will continue to receive inflows into the dams," said Council public relations officer Bongiwe Ngwenya.
Insiza Mayfair is now 100 percent full while Upper Ncema is at 62,73 percent and Mtshabezi is at 66,22 percent full.
Inyankuni and Lower Ncema are at 34,58 percent and 30,81 percent full respectively while Umzingwane is at 36,55 percent full.
In January council suspended water rationing regime as dams recorded significant increase in water levels.
Officials described the rare development as exciting as rains continue to pound the country.
"We received reports this afternoon (Tuesday) that Insiza Mayfair Dam is spilling. It's an exciting development. We're anticipating that as the rainfall season continues we will continue to receive inflows into the dams," said Council public relations officer Bongiwe Ngwenya.
Inyankuni and Lower Ncema are at 34,58 percent and 30,81 percent full respectively while Umzingwane is at 36,55 percent full.
In January council suspended water rationing regime as dams recorded significant increase in water levels.
Source - Byo24News
