PLETTENBERG BAY NEWSFLASH - Thanks to some rainfall over the past few weeks, Plettenberg Bay’s water situation has improved ever so slightly.

When the town's main storage facility, the Roodefontein Dam, dipped below the 60% mark at the end of May, the Bitou municipality implemented level 1 water restrictions.

“During July this year, the Bitou area received 57mm of rain and during the first week of August 17.8mm, which was 2.8mm above the predicted 15mm,” said municipal spokesperson Howard Swartz.

The rainfall contributed to the dam’s level rising to 60.5%.

Meanwhile, neighbouring towns, including Knysna, are battling to keep the taps running.

Knysna authorities introduced level 3 water restrictions in March this year after being under some form of restriction for the past decade.

Read more in Thursday's Knysna-Plett Herald and online.

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