SA's water crisis | Nelson Mandela Bay dams dries up

GQEBERHA - Nelson Mandela Bay's dams are literally dried up.

A main dam supplying the populated metro has been shut down because it's at such a low level.

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All the dams together are at just 14 percent capacity.

The metro is currently bolstering the supply with water from the Nooitgedacht Water Treatment scheme.

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Mayor Retief Odendaal says it's now real real that the metro is running out of water.

He's pleading with residents to do their bit.

* eNCA's Nceba Ntlanganiso reports.