However, officials from the water resources department (WRD) said measures are already in place to address the summer water needs by way of desalination plants.
According to WRD's data accessed by TNIE, the combined storage of the city's six reservoirs as of Friday stood at 8.040 tmcft, which is 60.85% of their total capacity of 13.213 tmcft.
This is significantly lower compared to the same period last year when the reservoirs had water up to 75% of their capacity.
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