Dam Levels Western Cape 24th January 2011

Dam levels Western Cape No Responses »
Jan 262011

Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2011-01-24

# Means latest available data

FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters

Dam

River

FSC

This Week

Last Week

Last Year
Berg River dam Berg River 127.1 85.8 86 98.8
Brandvlei Dam Lower Brandvlei River 284.3 58.8 61.1 68.2
Buffeljags Dam Buffeljags River 4.6 103.4 102.8 59.6
Bulshoek Dam Olifants River 4.9 79.8 83.5 80.2
Calitzdorp Dam Nels River 4.9 52.1 55.6 37.7
Clanwilliam Dam Olifants River 121.8 68 72.6 76.1
Duiwenhoks Dam Duiwenhoks River 6.2 101 100.8 32.5
Eikenhof Dam Palmiet River 28.9 76.1 79.1 72.4
Elandskloof Dam Elands River 11 52.4 57.1 70.9
Ernest Robertson Dam Groot Brak R 0.5 101.2 101.1 83.8
Floriskraal Dam Buffels River 50.3 10.5 10.8 67.6
Gamka Dam Gamka River 1.9 0 0 0.2
Gamkapoort Dam Gamka River 36.3 80 85.1 44
Garden Route Dam Swart River 10 100 100 28.6
Haarlem Dam Groot River 4.7 101.6 100.6 30.6
Hartebeestkuil Dam Hartenbos River 7.2 25.4 27.3 52.4
Kammanassie Dam Kammanassie River 34.4 6.9 7.7 12.4
Keerom Dam Nuy River 9.8 71.2 72.8 87.3
Klipberg Dam Konings River 2 37.1 39 77.1
Korentepoort Dam Korinte River 8.1 83.9 80 32.1
Kwaggaskloof Dam Doorn River 173.9 56.1 58.2 65.7
Lakenvallei Dam Sanddrifskloof River 10.3 88.3 89.6 96.7
Leeugamka Dam Leeu River 14.1 23.6 26.3 7.8
Miertjieskraal Dam Brand River 1.6 0.3 0.5 3.4
Misverstand Dam Berg River 6.5 96.5 96.1 100.6
Oukloof Dam Cordiers River 4.2 7.4 8.9 68
Pietersfontein Dam Pietersfontein River 2 72.2 72.2 90.7
Poortjieskloof Dam Groot River 9.8 46.3 47.3 73.2
Prinsrivier Dam Prins River 2.3 5.7 20.7 49.4
Roode Els Berg Dam Sanddrifskloof River 7.8 41.4 47.1 73.8
Steenbras Dam-Lower Steenbras River 33.9 46.4 49 72.9
Steenbras Dam-Upper Steenbras River 31.9 97.9 97.8 71.4
Stettynskloof Dam Holsloot River 14.8 79.4 84.3 77.8
Stompdrift Dam Olifants River 49.6 8.6 8.7 14.7
Theewaterskloof Dam Riviersonderend 480.2 71.9 74.9 86.2
Voelvlei Dam Voelvlei River 158.6 82.9 84.3 83.3
Wemmershoek Dam Wemmers River 58.8 85.2 86.4 78.1
Wolwedans Dam Groot Brak River 25.3 73.3 68.5 35.4

Posted by Admin at 6:40 am Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

Western Cape faces severe restrictions – Car washes under the loop.

Greywater Harvesting, Main Stories, rainwater harvesting, water harvesting 1 Response »
Nov 122010

The necessity of saving water is still in our faces, just as we thought it might be the beginning of the end with the resent rains we had. But just the opposite is becoming a reality. At Water Rhapsody, we want to urge the public to start another thinking mode than what they were used to. Not just during or because of restrictions, but as a general way of thinking. Let us not be so narrow minded, that the availability of water are  no concern to us at this stage of our lives, and we think we will be gone by the time it really becomes a problem. 

We have a system called the Poseidon Advantage, where the grey water from car washes are going through a cleaning process, and re-using the same used, but clean water to wash the cars again. Car washes are being targeted to invest in systems to conserve water, for their demand of washes might increase significantly during these droughts.

Have a look at this article in the Port Elizabeth Express by Monique Vermeulen on the 3rd of Nov:

Despite much need rain over the last three weeks, the region’s water crisis continue to worsen with supply dams rapidly drying up.

If it does not rain significantly in the next few weeks, residents and businesses will face even more severe water restrictions to be introduces by the Department of Water Affairs, which will inevitably have a negative effect on the economy. At a recent Infrastructure and Engineering Committee meeting, it was said that further water restrictions, with a devastating impact on industry, will be unavoidable unless dam levels rose significantly. “We expect the Department of Water Affairs and other role players, which includes the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, to consider the curtailment of water resources when the combined dam level capacity reaches 30%. This could happen in three to four weeks if we do not get more rain,” said Municipal Media Management Officer, Kupido Baron.  When asked what these restrictions would entail, Baron said that he was not at liberty to predict what the outcome of the operational meeting would be.

The average level of the dams currently stands at just over 31%, and the current predictions by the Municipality suggest that the Metro will run out of water July 2011. The current water situation is painting a bleak picture for car washes.

In an open letter to car washes, the Municipality requested the urgent implementation of water-saving measures. The letter states that more people are making use of car washes to conserve their own home usage and to comply with the rules for domestic consumption. “This has served only to divert the usage from one consumer to another. The result of this has seen an expansion of many car washes with little or no usage control. Therefore, all car washes are urgently requested to take measures that will save water and/or harness rain water, so as to reduce consumption of this precious commodity. It is recommended that car washes erect water tanks to collect rain water. The letter furthermore states that car washes should keep water usage statistics as the Municipality intends to acknowledge car washes that proactively save water as part of their operations

In May this year, the Municipality applied for R1.6 billion in drought relief from the Eastern Cape Provincial and National Government, but to date has not heard from them. According to a daily newspaper, the application is still with the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, which is waiting for additional information from the Eastern Cape government on how it spent received disaster funds.

First on the list of emergency measured is the construction of a desalination plant at Swartkops at a cost of R750 million. Additional emergency measures include the fast tracking of the Nooitgedaght-low-level scheme (R650 million), accessing the low-level storage (8000 ml) in the Impofu Dam (R5 Million), the sinking of Boreholes (R100 million), the repair of water leaks at schools (R50 Million), and the detection of water loss (R20 Million).

Please take your time to scroll through the whole of this website: have a look at our systems of Rainwater Harvesting (Grand Opus), Grey water Re-use (Garden Rhapsody and Second Movement), the saving/recycling  of Backwash water (Poolside tank), saving on the amount of water used to flush toilets with (the Multi Flush)

Contact us to give you a no-obligation quote to save this much needed natural resource!

Posted by Admin at 5:30 pm Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Dam Levels - Western Cape 8th November 2010

Dam levels Western Cape No Responses »
Nov 092010

Click here for the current dam levels

Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-11-08

# Means latest available data

FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters

Dam

River

FSC

This Week

Last Week

Last Year
Berg River dam Berg River 127.1 100 99.9 100.5
Brandvlei Dam Lower Brandvlei River 284.3 76.8 77 82.2
Buffeljags Dam Buffeljags River 4.6 100.6 101.4 99.7
Bulshoek Dam Olifants River 4.9 98.9 98.9 84.3
Calitzdorp Dam Nels River 4.9 38.9 40.5 64.7
Clanwilliam Dam Olifants River 121.8 100.5 100.5 98
Duiwenhoks Dam Duiwenhoks River 6.2 99.9 100.3 63.2
Eikenhof Dam Palmiet River 28.9 99.8 101.3 102.1
Elandskloof Dam Elands River 11 84.6 85.7 100.2
Ernest Robertson Dam Groot Brak R 0.5 101 101.2 100
Floriskraal Dam Buffels River 50.3 25.1 25.5 87
Gamka Dam Gamka River 1.9 0 0 5.8
Gamkapoort Dam Gamka River 36.3 53.3 56.1 47.6
Garden Route Dam Swart River 10 71.1 66.1 33.6
Haarlem Dam Groot River 4.7 101 101.4 50.5
Hartebeestkuil Dam Hartenbos River 7.2 41.1 41.7 63.5
Kammanassie Dam Kammanassie River 34.4 9 9.5 17.7
Keerom Dam Nuy River 9.8 88.1 89.1 99.8
Klipberg Dam Konings River 2 53.8 54.8 97.3
Korentepoort Dam Korinte River 8.1 57.6 56.4 46.6
Kwaggaskloof Dam Doorn River 173.9 74.4 74.4 80.1
Lakenvallei Dam Sanddrifskloof River 10.3 94.8 94.8 100.1
Leeugamka Dam Leeu River 14.1 4.3 5.9 16.4
Miertjieskraal Dam Brand River 1.6 37.3 37.6 47.8
Misverstand Dam Berg River 6.5 106.3 106.2 96.5
Oukloof Dam Cordiers River 4.2 18.6 20 89.6
Pietersfontein Dam Pietersfontein River 2 76.1 76.2 98.7
Poortjieskloof Dam Groot River 9.8 56.3 56.9 85.7
Prinsrivier Dam Prins River 2.3 19.2 19.9 82.7
Roode Els Berg Dam Sanddrifskloof River 7.8 82.1 81.8 99.8
Steenbras Dam-Lower Steenbras River 33.9 65.6 66.7 91.5
Steenbras Dam-Upper Steenbras River 31.9 100 100 97.2
Stettynskloof Dam Holsloot River 14.8 100.8 100.6 99.8
Stompdrift Dam Olifants River 49.6 10.8 11 18.1
Theewaterskloof Dam Riviersonderend 480.2 91.8 92.3 100.1
Voelvlei Dam Voelvlei River 158.6 98.6 98.9 93.4
Wemmershoek Dam Wemmers River 58.8 91.2 90.4 98.6
Wolwedans Dam Groot Brak River 25.3 29.5 28 44.3

1842.7

80.4

80.7

86.6

Posted by Admin at 2:01 pm Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

Western Cape launches GreenCape initiative

renewable energy 1 Response »
Nov 052010

A new initiative to promote renewable energy and the green economy in the Western Cape was launched in Cape Town on Friday.

The GreenCape initiative is a government-funded, industry-led initiative to support the development of renewable energy in the province.

Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development & Tourism Alan Winde said at a media briefing that the provincial government wanted to go from “talk to action”. The initiative had been mandated with the roll-out of a comprehensive green economy strategy.

He said that the provincial government provided R5-million to kick-start projects in the sector.

“This initiative is supported by each and every member of the Cabinet, including the premier. We are building a new sector in this province, and from it, we will achieve significant growth and jobs”, said Winde.

He stated that the Western Cape had set itself a target to achieve a 15% shift to renewable energy generation by 2014.

This had the potential to create 20 000 jobs and attract R45-billion worth of investment into the province over the next ten years.

The GreenCape initiative had been established to facilitate the achievement of the target and growth of the province’s renewable energy sector.

Dr Francois du Plessis has been appointed the CEO of GreenCape.

Speaking at a renewable energy and green economy conference in Cape Town on Friday, Du Plessis said that the objective of the initiative was to ensure that the Western Cape was at the forefront of green technology.

Its primary goals in its first two years of operation would be to become the ‘shop window’ for the sector and to promote the transition of the Western Cape economy to greater resource efficiency and a low-carbon future. It would also seek to build manufacturing capabilities in the province and to create new jobs.

“I will be held accountable for removing barriers to green business,” added Du Plessis.

GreenCape would have 15 board members, which would report to Winde.

The initiative would focus its attention on six priority areas through the use of sub-committees including, wind, solar water heaters, bio-energy, skills, policy and incubation.

Du Plessis added that the Western Cape had several competitive advantages in the renewable energy sectors. The province had two-thirds of South Africa’s wind resources and had good solar and biomass potential, the province had four tertiary institutions, and it had a diversified manufacturing base.

Source – Engineeringnews.co.za

Posted by Admin at 6:14 pm Tagged with: , , , , ,

Dam Levels - Western Cape 1st November 2010

Dam levels Western Cape 1 Response »
Nov 022010

Click here for current dam levels

Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-11-01

# Means latest available data

FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters

Dam

River

FSC

This Week

Last Week

Last Year
Berg River dam Berg River 127.1 99.9 100.3 100.2
Brandvlei Dam Lower Brandvlei River 284.3 77 76.7 82.7
Buffeljags Dam Buffeljags River 4.6 101.4 108.6 101.1
Bulshoek Dam Olifants River 4.9 98.9 99.6 91.9
Calitzdorp Dam Nels River 4.9 40.5 31.1 64.5
Clanwilliam Dam Olifants River 121.8 100.5 100.2 99.3
Duiwenhoks Dam Duiwenhoks River 6.2 100.3 71.3 62.9
Eikenhof Dam Palmiet River 28.9 101.3 101.6 101.5
Elandskloof Dam Elands River 11 85.7 86.2 100.3
Ernest Robertson Dam Groot Brak R 0.5 101.2 104 100.4
Floriskraal Dam Buffels River 50.3 25.5 25.7 86.9
Gamka Dam Gamka River 1.9 0 0 6.8
Gamkapoort Dam Gamka River 36.3 56.1 60.9 50.2
Garden Route Dam Swart River 10 66.1 58.1 34.4
Haarlem Dam Groot River 4.7 101.4 90.8 52.4
Hartebeestkuil Dam Hartenbos River 7.2 41.7 34.1 64
Kammanassie Dam Kammanassie River 34.4 9.5 8.6 17.8
Keerom Dam Nuy River 9.8 89.1 89.9 99.9
Klipberg Dam Konings River 2 54.8 55.6 99
Korentepoort Dam Korinte River 8.1 56.4 44.2 46.8
Kwaggaskloof Dam Doorn River 173.9 74.4 74.1 80.1
Lakenvallei Dam Sanddrifskloof River 10.3 94.8 94.8 100.1
Leeugamka Dam Leeu River 14.1 5.9 0 18.5
Miertjieskraal Dam Brand River 1.6 37.6 0 42
Misverstand Dam Berg River 6.5 106.3 115.6 100.1
Oukloof Dam Cordiers River 4.2 20 20.8 91
Pietersfontein Dam Pietersfontein River 2 76.2 76.4 100.1
Poortjieskloof Dam Groot River 9.8 56.9 56.3 86.3
Prinsrivier Dam Prins River 2.3 19.9 20.2 84.1
Roode Els Berg Dam Sanddrifskloof River 7.8 81.8 81.4 100.2
Steenbras Dam-Lower Steenbras River 33.9 66.7 64.6 94.2
Steenbras Dam-Upper Steenbras River 31.9 100 100.2 99.6
Stettynskloof Dam Holsloot River 14.8 100.6 100.8 100.5
Stompdrift Dam Olifants River 49.6 11 11 19.6
Theewaterskloof Dam Riviersonderend 480.2 92.3 93.3 100.6
Voelvlei Dam Voelvlei River 158.6 98.9 100 94.5
Wemmershoek Dam Wemmers River 58.8 90.4 89.8 94.5
Wolwedans Dam Groot Brak River 25.3 28 20.3 44.9

1842.7

80.7

80.6

87.1

Posted by Admin at 6:07 pm Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

Dam Levels - Western Cape 25th October 2010

Dam levels Western Cape No Responses »
Oct 262010

Click here for current dam levels

Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-10-25

# Means latest available data

FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters

Dam

River

FSC

This Week

Last Week

Last Year
Berg River dam Berg River 127.1 100.3 100.3 100.3
Brandvlei Dam Lower Brandvlei River 284.3 76.7 76.3 82.3
Buffeljags Dam Buffeljags River 4.6 108.6 101.7 99.9
Bulshoek Dam Olifants River 4.9 99.6 98.1 96.7
Calitzdorp Dam Nels River 4.9 31.1 28.3 65.7
Clanwilliam Dam Olifants River 121.8 100.2 101 100.1
Duiwenhoks Dam Duiwenhoks River 6.2 71.3 65.4 55.7
Eikenhof Dam Palmiet River 28.9 101.6 101.8 101.4
Elandskloof Dam Elands River 11 86.2 85.7 100.2
Ernest Robertson Dam Groot Brak R 0.5 104 101 98.3
Floriskraal Dam Buffels River 50.3 25.7 26 86
Gamka Dam Gamka River 1.9 0 0 8
Gamkapoort Dam Gamka River 36.3 60.9 66.5 54.4
Garden Route Dam Swart River 10 58.1 55.5 33.5
Haarlem Dam Groot River 4.7 90.8 87.8 52.5
Hartebeestkuil Dam Hartenbos River 7.2 34.1 32.9 64.4
Kammanassie Dam Kammanassie River 34.4 8.6 8.5 19.5
Keerom Dam Nuy River 9.8 89.9 90.6 99.9
Klipberg Dam Konings River 2 55.6 56.5 99.5
Korentepoort Dam Korinte River 8.1 44.2 41.4 43.9
Kwaggaskloof Dam Doorn River 173.9 74.1 73.7 79.7
Lakenvallei Dam Sanddrifskloof River 10.3 94.8 94.8 100.2
Leeugamka Dam Leeu River 14.1 0 0 20.3
Miertjieskraal Dam Brand River 1.6 0 0 35
Misverstand Dam Berg River 6.5 115.6 112.7 105.2
Oukloof Dam Cordiers River 4.2 20.8 21.8 92.5
Pietersfontein Dam Pietersfontein River 2 76.4 76.8 99.5
Poortjieskloof Dam Groot River 9.8 56.3 56.9 85.3
Prinsrivier Dam Prins River 2.3 20.2 20.7 74.3
Roode Els Berg Dam Sanddrifskloof River 7.8 81.4 81.5 100.1
Steenbras Dam-Lower Steenbras River 33.9 64.6 60.4 96.4
Steenbras Dam-Upper Steenbras River 31.9 100.2 102.8 101.5
Stettynskloof Dam Holsloot River 14.8 100.8 100.8 100.3
Stompdrift Dam Olifants River 49.6 11 11.3 20.6
Theewaterskloof Dam Riviersonderend 480.2 93.3 86.2 100.8
Voelvlei Dam Voelvlei River 158.6 100 100.2 95.3
Wemmershoek Dam Wemmers River 58.8 89.8 87.8 98.8
Wolwedans Dam Groot Brak River 25.3 20.3 19.3 45

1842.7

80.6

78.7

87.5

Posted by Admin at 3:12 pm Tagged with: , , , , , , ,

Dam Levels - Western Cape 18th October 2010

Dam levels Western Cape No Responses »
Oct 192010

Click here for current dam level page

Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-10-18

# Means latest available data

FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters

Dam

River

FSC

This Week

Last Week

Last Year

Berg River dam

Berg River

127.1

100.3

101.5

100.7

Brandvlei Dam

Lower Brandvlei River

284.3

76.3

75.7

81.7

Buffeljags Dam

Buffeljags River

4.6

101.7

89.8

101.1

Bulshoek Dam

Olifants River

4.9

98.1

96.6

98.4

Calitzdorp Dam

Nels River

4.9

28.3

21.7

69.2

Clanwilliam Dam

Olifants River

121.8

101

100.4

100.6

Duiwenhoks Dam

Duiwenhoks River

6.2

65.4

31.1

55.3

Eikenhof Dam

Palmiet River

28.9

101.8

101.6

101.9

Elandskloof Dam

Elands River

11

85.7

84

100.4

Ernest Robertson Dam

Groot Brak R

0.5

101

93

100.5

Floriskraal Dam

Buffels River

50.3

26

26.2

86.4

Gamka Dam

Gamka River

1.9

0

0

9.4

Gamkapoort Dam

Gamka River

36.3

66.5

69.6

56.3

Garden Route Dam

Swart River

10

55.5

50.2

34.2

Haarlem Dam

Groot River

4.7

87.8

77

53.4

Hartebeestkuil Dam

Hartenbos River

7.2

32.9

34

65.1

Kammanassie Dam

Kammanassie River

34.4

8.5

8.6

23.8

Keerom Dam

Nuy River

9.8

90.6

91.4

99.9

Klipberg Dam

Konings River

2

56.5

57.5

99.7

Korentepoort Dam

Korinte River

8.1

41.4

27.7

44.3

Kwaggaskloof Dam

Doorn River

173.9

73.7

73.2

79.1

Lakenvallei Dam

Sanddrifskloof River

10.3

94.8

94.4

100.2

Leeugamka Dam

Leeu River

14.1

0

0

22.2

Miertjieskraal Dam

Brand River

1.6

0

0

32.8

Misverstand Dam

Berg River

6.5

112.7

106.2

112.1

Oukloof Dam

Cordiers River

4.2

21.8

23.5

94.1

Pietersfontein Dam

Pietersfontein River

2

76.8

77.4

99.6

Poortjieskloof Dam

Groot River

9.8

56.9

57.1

85.5

Prinsrivier Dam

Prins River

2.3

20.7

20.4

75.4

Roode Els Berg Dam

Sanddrifskloof River

7.8

81.5

81.4

100.2

Steenbras Dam-Lower

Steenbras River

33.9

60.4

54.6

100

Steenbras Dam-Upper

Steenbras River

31.9

102.8

96.9

99.6

Stettynskloof Dam

Holsloot River

14.8

100.8

104.6

101.1

Stompdrift Dam

Olifants River

49.6

11.3

12.9

21.5

Theewaterskloof Dam

Riviersonderend

480.2

86.2

91.6

101.7

Voelvlei Dam

Voelvlei River

158.6

100.2

99.2

96.3

Wemmershoek Dam

Wemmers River

58.8

87.8

85.2

99.8

Wolwedans Dam

Groot Brak River

25.3

19.3

15

45.3

1842.7

78.7

79.4

88

Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-10-18

# Means latest available data

FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters

1842.7

78.7

79.4

88

Posted by Admin at 2:59 pm Tagged with: , , , , ,
© 2013 The Water and Solar Company Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha