Cape Town water crisis
Timeline

Cape Town water crisis

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Water levels as a percentage of total dam capacity by year.[1]

Major dams	Capacity (megalitres)	8 January 2019	8 October 2018	14 May 2018	15 May 2017	15 May 2016	15 May 2015	15 May 2014

Berg River Dam	130,010	87.7	99.4	39.2	32.4	27.2	54.0	90.5

Steenbras Lower	33,517	65.6	91.9	35.4	26.5	37.6	47.9	39.6

Steenbras Upper	31,767	69.8	87.7	59.6	56.7	56.9	57.8	79.1

Theewaterskloof Dam	480,188	49.5	58.8	12.0	15.0	31.3	51.3	74.5

Voelvlei Dam	164,095	82.0	96.2	14.5	17.2	21.3	42.5	59.5

Wemmershoek Dam	58,644	76.9	95.1	48.4	36.0	48.5	50.5	58.8

Total stored (megalitres)	898,221	575,125	684,030	191,843	190,300	279,954	450,429	646,137

Total % Storage	64.0	76.2	21.4	21.2	31.2	50.1	71.9

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The water levels in Cape Town's City dams declined from 71.9 percent in 2014 to 50.1 percent in 2015.

final_sentence: The water levels in Cape Town's City dams declined from 71.9 percent in 2014 to 50.1 percent in 2015.