Mossel Bay - WATER SITUATION MUCH IMPROVED BUT NOT SAFE YET

Oct 292010

WATER SITUATION MUCH IMPROVED BUT NOT SAFE YET

The 167 mm of rain that fell in the catchment area of the Wolwedans Dam recently has resulted in the level of the dam rising to 27 per cent by Wednesday, 27 October 2010, after it was as low as 14,6 per cent two weeks ago. At the time of going to press water was still flowing into the dam.

The levels of the smaller Klipheuwel, Hartebeeskuil and Ernst Robertson Dams rose to respectively 45%, 40% and 100% respectively. Some good strikes of water were also made in the borehole drilling project during the past week.

“The net effect is that Mossel Bay now has sufficient water to last it until May 2011 at present consumption levels from the Wolwedans Dam as well as the other sources. It excludes the yield of the seawater desalination plant, which is scheduled to achieve full production of 15 megalitres a day by the end of January 2011. The water availability projection takes the increased water consumption over the year-end holiday season into account as well.

“The rain has obviously eased the pressure on the town’s water sources in the short term, but the situation remains extremely serious. It is therefore still necessary for consumers to continue showing good discipline and to stay within the set limit of 15 kilolitres per household per month.

“The water restrictions also stay in force as the level of the Wolwedans Dam will have to more than double from its present level before the easing of the restrictions can be considered. The present punitive charge of 200 per cent on consumption of exceeding 20 kilolitres per month will however be reduced to 100 per cent if the dam’s level exceeds 25 per cent on the first day of November 2010. When the dam’s level is between 25 per cent and 40 per cent, the punitive charge is 100 per cent. When it is between 40 per cent and 60 per cent it is 50 per cent, after which it falls away altogether in terms of the presently applicable Council resolution on water tariffs,” said Dr Michele Gratz, Municipal Manager.

Dr Gratz said the Municipality at present uses water from the Klipheuwel, Hartebeeskuil and Ernst Robertson Dams only to ease the pressure on the Wolwedans Dam. This is also to help ensure that enough water remains available in the dam for PetroSA to sustain their operations.

“We have been working closely with the company, which has made contributions to the cost of the waste water reclamation and seawater desalination projects, the borehole drilling project and the project to pump water from the Hartebeeskuil Dam into the municipal network. PetroSA is major player in the local economy and it is important that every effort possible is made to ensure that their production is sustained,” she said.

Dr Gratz said that good water has also been struck in new boreholes at Aalwyndal and Kleinbos respectively. A blow yield of 17,7 litres per second was achieved at a depth of 201 metres at Aalwyndal and a blow yield of 14,7 litres per second at 155 metres was achieved at Kleinbos.

She said that the boreholes as well as the other projects, such as the waste water reclamation and seawater desalination projects, will increase Mossel Bay’s water security in future and also enable the town to cope with further development.

Source – www.mosselbaymun.co.za

Dam Levels - Western Cape 18th October 2010

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

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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

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FSC is full storage capacity in million cubic meters

1842.7

78.7

79.4

88

Kommer in Eden oor damme wat sak

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Oct 132010

In Beaufort-Wes is die dam kurkdroog.

TUINROETE NUUS – Wat reënval betref is George in 2010 slegter daaraan toe as in 2009, maar te danke aan die Eden- en George-munisipaliteite se proaktiewe optrede, is die watersituasie in die stad veel meer rooskleurig as verlede jaar.
Die rioolsuiweringsaanleg verskaf daagliks 10Ml water en die damvlak staan op ‘n gesonde 50%.

George word reeds vir vyf maande as ‘n groen dorp geklassifiseer wat beteken dat die Tuinroetedam vir ses maande plus water kan verskaf al sou dit nie ‘n druppel reën nie.
En dis ‘n goeie ding, want geen noemenswaardige reënbuie word vir die volgende drie maande voorspel nie, tradisioneel ons natste tyd.
Daar sal egter na verwagting eersdaags ‘n 10% verslapping in plaaslike waterbeperkings wees en mense sal weer hulle tuine met gieters kan natmaak.

Hoewel die situasie in George onder beheer is, lyk die watersekerheid vir die res van die Eden-streek beroerd.
Ten spyte van die goeie reën in Junie en Julie het die vloei van al die riviere in die streek drasties gedaal. As gevolg van die droogte is afloop ook minder, omdat die droë grond water vinnig opslurp.

In Mosselbaai word daar kliphard gespook om die ontsoutingsaanleg teen Februarie te voltooi en in Oudtshoorn is streng waterbeperkings en ‘n 50% tariefverhoging aangekondig.
In Beaufort-Wes is die dam kurkdroog en in Hessequa is die boorgatwater brak.

Die Le Grangedam in Kannaland se damwal is onstabiel en kan sodoende nooit genoeg opgaar nie.
Eden-rampbestuurder Gerhard Otto het verlede Vrydag ’n dringende vergadering met al die rolspelers in Ladismith bygewoon om oplossings vir die probleem te soek.

Otto sê die dorp is ekonomies erg afhanklik van die suiwelreus Parmalat, wat sy aanleg juis in die dorp gevestig het omdat hy verseker van water sou wees. Verstommend genoeg gebruik die mense steeds leiwater.
Volgens Otto laat die departement van waterwese tans vir Mosselbaai, George, Knysna, Bitou, Hessequa en Beaufort-Wes toe om slegs 60% van hul gerigistreerde water te gebruik.

“Hierdie beperkings gaan nou ook na Oudtshoorn en Kannaland uitgebrei word.
“In Mosselbaai word water van die Hartbeeskuildam vir verbruik gepomp, maar weens die klein uitlaat is die hoeveelheid maar beperk.”

Otto sê anders as Knysna en Mosselbaai kan Oudtshoorn en die ander binnelandse dorpe nie staatmaak op ontsoutingsaanlegte nie en sal daar baie kretief gedink moet word oor oplossings.
“Die boere in die Suid-Kaap kry baie swaar, maar die boere in die Wolwedansdam se opvangsgebied gee hulle volle samewerking. Sommige boere het selfs hulle eie meters ingesit het om te bewys hulle onttrek nie meer water as wat hulle mag nie.”

R50 miljoen is deur die rampfonds aangevra om boere in die Suid-Kaap van veevoer te voorsien en Otto is hoopvol dat die bedrag goedgekeur sal word.

Volgens gerugte is daar ook vir Mosselbaai ‘n taamlike groot rampfonds-meevallertjie op pad en as daar gekyk word na die weerpatrone van 2006 en 2007 wat nou weer kop uitsteek, is ‘n vloedjie of twee dalk ook in die lug.

Artikel: Ilse Schoonraad

Dam Levels - Western Cape, South Africa 11th October 2010

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Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-10-11

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	101.5	99.5	100.4
Brandvlei Dam	Lower Brandvlei River	284.3	75.7	76.4	81
Buffeljags Dam	Buffeljags River	4.6	89.8	94.5	98.8
Bulshoek Dam	Olifants River	4.9	96.6	95.9	99.4
Calitzdorp Dam	Nels River	4.9	21.7	25	68.9
Clanwilliam Dam	Olifants River	121.8	100.4	100.4	99.9
Duiwenhoks Dam	Duiwenhoks River	6.2	31.1	32	34.9
Eikenhof Dam	Palmiet River	28.9	101.6	99.9	101.3
Elandskloof Dam	Elands River	11	84	85.1	100.2
Ernest Robertson Dam	Groot Brak R	0.5	93	95.9	77.1
Floriskraal Dam	Buffels River	50.3	26.2	27	86.8
Gamka Dam	Gamka River	1.9	0	0	10.4
Gamkapoort Dam	Gamka River	36.3	69.6	70	56
Garden Route Dam	Swart River	10	50.2	51.1	34.1
Haarlem Dam	Groot River	4.7	77	78.1	50.7
Hartebeestkuil Dam	Hartenbos River	7.2	34	34.9	65.5
Kammanassie Dam	Kammanassie River	34.4	8.6	8.9	28.4
Keerom Dam	Nuy River	9.8	91.4	94.1	99.9
Klipberg Dam	Konings River	2	57.5	57.9	90.1
Korentepoort Dam	Korinte River	8.1	27.7	28.8	36.4
Kwaggaskloof Dam	Doorn River	173.9	73.2	73.4	78.3
Lakenvallei Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	10.3	94.4	94.8	100.2
Leeugamka Dam	Leeu River	14.1	0	0	23.8
Miertjieskraal Dam	Brand River	1.6	0	0	5.8
Misverstand Dam	Berg River	6.5	106.3	107	114.4
Oukloof Dam	Cordiers River	4.2	23.5	23.5	95.1
Pietersfontein Dam	Pietersfontein River	2	77.4	77.7	98.9
Poortjieskloof Dam	Groot River	9.8	57.1	58.1	72.7
Prinsrivier Dam	Prins River	2.3	20.4	21.1	77.3
Roode Els Berg Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	7.8	81.4	81.8	99.5
Steenbras Dam-Lower	Steenbras River	33.9	54.6	55	96.6
Steenbras Dam-Upper	Steenbras River	31.9	96.9	96.4	100.2
Stettynskloof Dam	Holsloot River	14.8	104.6	99.7	100.7
Stompdrift Dam	Olifants River	49.6	12.9	15.6	22.8
Theewaterskloof Dam	Riviersonderend	480.2	91.6	92.8	100.9
Voelvlei Dam	Voelvlei River	158.6	99.2	99.5	97.1
Wemmershoek Dam	Wemmers River	58.8	85.2	83.5	99.3
Wolwedans Dam	Groot Brak River	25.3	15	15.4	43.6
		1842.7	79.4	79.8	87.5

Mossel Bay - progress made with borehole project

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Good progress is being made with the borehole project to augment the Mossel Bay Municipality’s water supply. The yield to date is three million litres of water a day.

Phase one of the project commenced in May 2010 and entailed the drilling of seventeen boreholes. A second phase, which involves the drilling of 21 boreholes at this stage, has commenced. It is expected to be completed towards the end of November 2010.

Two of the boreholes, one with a recommended yield of 11 litres per second at Kleinbos near Friemersheim, and the second, with a recommended yield of 4 litres per second at the Dana Bay reservoir, have already been equipped and tied into the municipal water supply system.

Two more boreholes, another at Kleinbos, with a recommended yield of 6 litres per second, and the other, at the Barnyard, with a recommended yield of 10 litres per second are due to be commissioned soon.

PetroSA, which, together with the Municipality, is a major user of water from the Wolwedans Dam, contributed R10 million to the cost of the borehole programme. The estimated total cost is R12 million.

Water has been struck in a fifth borehole at Dana Bay. It had a blow yield of 10 litres per second but the water is brackish and may be of limited use.

The borehole project is one of several projects which the Municipality launched to ensure that Mossel Bay has enough water should its main source of water, the Wolwedans Dam, run empty. The dam was 15,7 per cent full at the beginning of the week and is expected to run empty within the next few months if it does not rain enough before then.

The other projects include the waste water reclamation project at Hartenbos that was commissioned at the end of June 2010 to supply five million litres of water a day to PetroSA’s synthetic fuels plant in exchange for an equal share from the company’s quota from the dam.

Another is the seawater desalination project, which is designed to produce 15 million litres of water a day, and is scheduled to be completed in February 2011. The Municipality will be entitled to 10 million litres of its daily production. PetroSA will be entitled to the rest as the company is a co-funder of the project.

The water from the Hartebeeskuil Dam is also brackish but can be purified to an acceptable quality at the Municipality’s water treatment works at Little Brak River. The project will be completed this week and will initially supply approximately three million litres of water a day. The water shortage has justified the cost of pumping water from this dam into the municipal water supply system.

Source – Mossel Bay Municipality

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Dam Levels – Western Cape 4th October 2010

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Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-010-04 by Water Affairs

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Dam	River	FSC	This Week	Last Week	Last Year
Berg River dam	Berg River	127.1	99.5	99.9	100.1
Brandvlei Dam	Lower Brandvlei River	284.3	76.4	75.9	80.4
Buffeljags Dam	Buffeljags River	4.6	94.5	98.3	100.7
Bulshoek Dam	Olifants River	4.9	95.9	96.3	98.7
Calitzdorp Dam	Nels River	4.9	25	28.9	68.7
Clanwilliam Dam	Olifants River	121.8	100.4	100.5	100.4
Duiwenhoks Dam	Duiwenhoks River	6.2	32	32.6	36.7
Eikenhof Dam	Palmiet River	28.9	99.9	101.5	101.4
Elandskloof Dam	Elands River	11	85.1	84	100.3
Ernest Robertson Dam	Groot Brak R	0.5	95.9	97.8	74.1
Floriskraal Dam	Buffels River	50.3	27	34.6	94.1
Gamka Dam	Gamka River	1.9	0	0	11.9
Gamkapoort Dam	Gamka River	36.3	70	70.4	56.3
Garden Route Dam	Swart River	10	51.1	51.8	35.1
Haarlem Dam	Groot River	4.7	78.1	78.7	52.2
Hartebeestkuil Dam	Hartenbos River	7.2	34.9	35.4	66.3
Kammanassie Dam	Kammanassie River	34.4	8.9	9.7	33.7
Keerom Dam	Nuy River	9.8	94.1	94.6	99.9
Klipberg Dam	Konings River	2	57.9	57.9	89.4
Korentepoort Dam	Korinte River	8.1	28.8	29.6	37.3
Kwaggaskloof Dam	Doorn River	173.9	73.4	73.2	77.7
Lakenvallei Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	10.3	94.8	94.8	100.2
Leeugamka Dam	Leeu River	14.1	0	0	25.7
Miertjieskraal Dam	Brand River	1.6	0	0	5.2
Misverstand Dam	Berg River	6.5	107	109.9	116.2
Oukloof Dam	Cordiers River	4.2	23.5	24.6	96.9
Pietersfontein Dam	Pietersfontein River	2	77.7	78.7	99.4
Poortjieskloof Dam	Groot River	9.8	58.1	58.6	73.3
Prinsrivier Dam	Prins River	2.3	21.1	26.6	82
Roode Els Berg Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	7.8	81.8	80.7	100.2
Steenbras Dam-Lower	Steenbras River	33.9	55	56.1	99
Steenbras Dam-Upper	Steenbras River	31.9	96.4	95.9	98.9
Stettynskloof Dam	Holsloot River	14.8	99.7	100.5	100.7
Stompdrift Dam	Olifants River	49.6	15.6	15.7	24.5
Theewaterskloof Dam	Riviersonderend	480.2	92.8	93.9	101.3
Voelvlei Dam	Voelvlei River	158.6	99.5	99	97.4
Wemmershoek Dam	Wemmers River	58.8	83.5	83.2	99.4
Wolwedans Dam	Groot Brak River	25.3	15.4	15.9	44.3
		1842.7	79.8	80.3	87.9

Dam Levels – Western Cape 27th September 2010

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Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-09-27 by Water Affairs

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Dam	River	FSC	This Week	Last Week	Last Year
Berg River dam	Berg River	127.1	99.9	99.4	100.6
Brandvlei Dam	Lower Brandvlei River	284.3	75.9	75.6	79.8
Buffeljags Dam	Buffeljags River	4.6	98.3	100.3	96.3
Bulshoek Dam	Olifants River	4.9	96.3	87.6	89.6
Calitzdorp Dam	Nels River	4.9	28.9	28.8	68.1
Clanwilliam Dam	Olifants River	121.8	100.5	99.5	98.4
Duiwenhoks Dam	Duiwenhoks River	6.2	32.6	33.2	38
Eikenhof Dam	Palmiet River	28.9	101.5	101.5	101.9
Elandskloof Dam	Elands River	11	84	82.9	99.6
Ernest Robertson Dam	Groot Brak R	0.5	97.8	95	67.1
Floriskraal Dam	Buffels River	50.3	34.6	43.2	98.6
Gamka Dam	Gamka River	1.9	0	0	13
Gamkapoort Dam	Gamka River	36.3	70.4	71	56.6
Garden Route Dam	Swart River	10	51.8	52.4	34.5
Haarlem Dam	Groot River	4.7	78.7	78.8	51.8
Hartebeestkuil Dam	Hartenbos River	7.2	35.4	35.8	66.7
Kammanassie Dam	Kammanassie River	34.4	9.7	11	38.8
Keerom Dam	Nuy River	9.8	94.6	94.6	99.9
Klipberg Dam	Konings River	2	57.9	57.9	88.4
Korentepoort Dam	Korinte River	8.1	29.6	30.4	37
Kwaggaskloof Dam	Doorn River	173.9	73.2	73.2	77.1
Lakenvallei Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	10.3	94.8	95.1	100.3
Leeugamka Dam	Leeu River	14.1	0	0	26.5
Miertjieskraal Dam	Brand River	1.6	0	0	5.3
Misverstand Dam	Berg River	6.5	109.9	110.3	114.8
Oukloof Dam	Cordiers River	4.2	24.6	25.1	98.4
Pietersfontein Dam	Pietersfontein River	2	78.7	78.7	99.2
Poortjieskloof Dam	Groot River	9.8	58.6	58.7	73.7
Prinsrivier Dam	Prins River	2.3	26.6	28.7	82.9
Roode Els Berg Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	7.8	80.7	71.1	100.2
Steenbras Dam-Lower	Steenbras River	33.9	56.1	56.8	99.9
Steenbras Dam-Upper	Steenbras River	31.9	95.9	95.6	99.9
Stettynskloof Dam	Holsloot River	14.8	100.5	100.8	100.9
Stompdrift Dam	Olifants River	49.6	15.7	15.8	26.1
Theewaterskloof Dam	Riviersonderend	480.2	93.9	94.5	101.4
Voelvlei Dam	Voelvlei River	158.6	99	98	98.7
Wemmershoek Dam	Wemmers River	58.8	83.2	82.4	100
Wolwedans Dam	Groot Brak River	25.3	15.9	16.3	44.6
Total		1842.7	80.3	80.4	88.1

Dam Levels - Western Cape 20th September 2010

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Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-09-20 by Water Affairs

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Dam	River	FSC	This Week	Last Week	Last Year
Berg River dam	Berg River	127.1	99.4	99.9	100.4
Brandvlei Dam	Lower Brandvlei River	284.3	75.6	75.2	79.1
Buffeljags Dam	Buffeljags River	4.6	100.3	100	99.8
Bulshoek Dam	Olifants River	4.9	87.6	97	89.8
Calitzdorp Dam	Nels River	4.9	28.8	28.5	69.2
Clanwilliam Dam	Olifants River	121.8	99.5	99	97.3
Duiwenhoks Dam	Duiwenhoks River	6.2	33.2	33.2	40.3
Eikenhof Dam	Palmiet River	28.9	101.5	101.5	101.9
Elandskloof Dam	Elands River	11	82.9	86.4	100.4
Ernest Robertson Dam	Groot Brak R	0.5	95	97	64.5
Floriskraal Dam	Buffels River	50.3	43.2	43.2	98.9
Gamka Dam	Gamka River	1.9	0	0	14.3
Gamkapoort Dam	Gamka River	36.3	71	71.1	56.7
Garden Route Dam	Swart River	10	52.4	52.9	35.9
Haarlem Dam	Groot River	4.7	78.8	79.1	53.1
Hartebeestkuil Dam	Hartenbos River	7.2	35.8	36.3	67.3
Kammanassie Dam	Kammanassie River	34.4	11	12.3	42.8
Keerom Dam	Nuy River	9.8	94.6	94	100
Klipberg Dam	Konings River	2	57.9	57.8	87.3
Korentepoort Dam	Korinte River	8.1	30.4	31.3	38.1
Kwaggaskloof Dam	Doorn River	173.9	73.2	72.6	76.4
Lakenvallei Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	10.3	95.1	95.3	100.3
Leeugamka Dam	Leeu River	14.1	0	0.6	28.3
Miertjieskraal Dam	Brand River	1.6	0	0	6.8
Misverstand Dam	Berg River	6.5	110.3	112.7	117.2
Oukloof Dam	Cordiers River	4.2	25.1	27	99.6
Pietersfontein Dam	Pietersfontein River	2	78.7	79	99
Poortjieskloof Dam	Groot River	9.8	58.7	59.1	74.1
Prinsrivier Dam	Prins River	2.3	28.7	29.3	90.5
Roode Els Berg Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	7.8	71.1	75.5	100.2
Steenbras Dam-Lower	Steenbras River	33.9	56.8	56.6	100.2
Steenbras Dam-Upper	Steenbras River	31.9	95.6	95.3	98.8
Stettynskloof Dam	Holsloot River	14.8	100.8	100.8	101.5
Stompdrift Dam	Olifants River	49.6	15.8	15.9	27.1
Theewaterskloof Dam	Riviersonderend	480.2	94.5	94.6	102.1
Voelvlei Dam	Voelvlei River	158.6	98	98	99.8
Wemmershoek Dam	Wemmers River	58.8	82.4	81.7	99.9
Wolwedans Dam	Groot Brak River	25.3	16.3	16.7	45.5
TOTALS		1842.7	80.4	80.4	88.3

Dam Levels - Western Cape 13th September 2010

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Sep 192010

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Western Cape Province State of Dams on 2010-09-13 by Water Affairs

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Dam	River	FSC	This Week	Last Week	Last Year
Berg River dam	Berg River	127.1	99.9	100.3	100.5
Brandvlei Dam	Lower Brandvlei River	284.3	75.2	74.7	78.5
Buffeljags Dam	Buffeljags River	4.6	100	98.6	99.4
Bulshoek Dam	Olifants River	4.9	97	99.6	85.8
Calitzdorp Dam	Nels River	4.9	28.5	27.8	73.2
Clanwilliam Dam	Olifants River	121.8	99	99.4	99.5
Duiwenhoks Dam	Duiwenhoks River	6.2	33.2	33.2	42
Eikenhof Dam	Palmiet River	28.9	101.5	101.5	102
Elandskloof Dam	Elands River	11	86.4	85.7	100.4
Ernest Robertson Dam	Groot Brak R	0.5	97	99.7	69.4
Floriskraal Dam	Buffels River	50.3	43.2	43.5	99.2
Gamka Dam	Gamka River	1.9	0	0	15.5
Gamkapoort Dam	Gamka River	36.3	71.1	71.1	56.8
Garden Route Dam	Swart River	10	52.9	53.2	37.3
Haarlem Dam	Groot River	4.7	79.1	78.5	54.2
Hartebeestkuil Dam	Hartenbos River	7.2	36.3	36.4	68.1
Kammanassie Dam	Kammanassie River	34.4	12.3	12.7	43.7
Keerom Dam	Nuy River	9.8	94	93.3	100
Klipberg Dam	Konings River	2	57.8	57.6	86.1
Korentepoort Dam	Korinte River	8.1	31.3	31.9	39.1
Kwaggaskloof Dam	Doorn River	173.9	72.6	71.8	75.8
Lakenvallei Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	10.3	95.3	95.1	100.3
Leeugamka Dam	Leeu River	14.1	0.6	0.8	30.1
Miertjieskraal Dam	Brand River	1.6	0	0	22.9
Misverstand Dam	Berg River	6.5	112.7	114.4	116.3
Oukloof Dam	Cordiers River	4.2	27	27	99.6
Pietersfontein Dam	Pietersfontein River	2	79	79.1	99.3
Poortjieskloof Dam	Groot River	9.8	59.1	59.4	74.5
Prinsrivier Dam	Prins River	2.3	29.3	29.7	91.6
Roode Els Berg Dam	Sanddrifskloof River	7.8	75.5	75.5	100.3
Steenbras Dam-Lower	Steenbras River	33.9	56.6	57.4	100.1
Steenbras Dam-Upper	Steenbras River	31.9	95.3	94.9	100.5
Stettynskloof Dam	Holsloot River	14.8	107.2	101.5	101.3
Stompdrift Dam	Olifants River	49.6	15.9	16.1	27.3
Theewaterskloof Dam	Riviersonderend	480.2	94.6	94.7	102.9
Voelvlei Dam	Voelvlei River	158.6	98	99.1	100
Wemmershoek Dam	Wemmers River	58.8	81.7	80.8	100
Wolwedans Dam	Groot Brak River	25.3	16.7	17	46.6
		1842.7	80.5	80.4	88.7

MOSSEL BAY ACHIEVES 60 PER CENT SAVING IN WATER CONSUMPTION

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Sep 142010

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Water consumption in Mossel Bay, Garden Route, South Africa has dropped to its lowest level over the past three years in August 2010 when it averaged 12,75 million litres a day for the month compared to 31,9 million litres a day in August 2009 and 25,4 million litres a day in August 2008. The saving compared to last year is 60 per cent.

The situation, however, remains very serious and the level of the Wolwedans Dam stood at 16,8 per cent on Wednesday, 8 September 2010. Continue reading »

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