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A brief synopsis of drought in South Africa since 1960 -2005 Introduction The rainfall climate of South Africa is one of great variability. Seasonal rainfall percentage deviations since 1960 demonstrate wide fluctuations about the long-term average and it is in this context that large rainfall deficits must be assessed. Between July of 1960 and June of 2004, there [...] This is a good question. Obviously a rainwater tank will not help if there is no rain at all. The thing is that most true drought occur inland whereas most of the population lives near the coast where it does rain. Sure we sometimes have dry seasons where we get below average rainfalls but even if [...] Daily Rainfall over South Africa to the nearest mm Preliminary 24-hour rainfall data ending at 08:00 on the 2010-06-09 EASTERN CAPE ADDO ELEPHANT PARK ALEXANDRIA – POL CAPE ST FRANCIS FLOWER RESERVE ARS HUMANSDORP JOUBERTINA AWS KAREEDOUW – POL NGQURA (COEGA) PATENSIE PORT ELIZABETH WO ST ALBANS PRISON ARS THIRD AVENUE [...] The Ndlambe Municipality has intervened to stave off an impending water disaster in Port Alfred by drastically reducing the pressure in supply pipes. The decision was taken at a crisis meeting of the Ndlambe council yesterday morning, guided by municipal experts who have warned there is less than a month of drinking water left for the Sunshine [...] SWARTKOPS has been selected as the site for a R750-million water desalination plant which forms part of Nelson Mandela Bay’s emergency drought measures. Water and sanitation director Barry Martin told a briefing yesterday Swartkops had been selected because of its location near the old power station which would allow the use of existing infrastructure. He said environmental studies had been accessed and discussed. No problems were foreseen in that area. A public participation process would now get under way and preliminary designs and specifications were being prepared. The aim is to start work in October and complete the project in May next year. Martin warned that dam levels could drop to 32% from the current 34% by next month, adding weight to suggestions at Tuesday’s Budget and Treasury Committee meeting that the punitive tariff for the consumption of more than 15 kilolitres a month is to be hiked by a “considerable” margin. Continue reading Desalination plant in Bay Nelson Mandela Bay residents can expect a massive increase in punitive water tariffs, applying to consumers who use more than 15 kilolitre per month. DA caucus leader: Leon de Villiers introduced an urgent motion at yesterday’s budget and treasury committee meeting, saying he had received notification on Monday evening that the municipality was poised to introduce a much [...]
Addressing a media conference on Thursday, Makana Municipal Manager Ntombi Baart said this “water-shedding” process will help the municipality to meet its demand for water supply. She added that this process of regular water cuts would work in a similar fashion to the electricity load shedding which is occasionally carried out by Eskom. Explaining how the municipality’s water operations sank to the level where they are “erratic” to the extent that the residents start questioning the water quality, Baart blamed the situation on earlier municipal reports which were never addressed. Continue reading “Water-shedding” in the pipeline for Grahamstown Two weeks ago I posted the report that our Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs (DWEA) Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has said that her department was forging ahead with plans to supply desalinated water to Cape Town, and furthermore extract water from the Table Mountain (TM) aquifer. This week it was reported in The Algoa Sun, that since Nelson Mandela [...]
Daily Rainfall over South Africa to the nearest mm Preliminary 24-hour rainfall data ending at 08:00 on the 2010-04-29
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ADDO ELEPHANT PARK BISHO CAPE ST FRANCIS DOHNE – AGR EAST LONDON WO ELANDS RIVER-BOSBOK RAND FORT BEAUFORT GRAHAMSTOWN JOUBERTINA AWS NAHOON DAM ARS NGQURA (COEGA) PATENSIE PORT ELIZABETH WO SOMERSET EAST STEYNSBURG – POL SWARTKOPS POWER STATION THIRD AVENUE DIP ARS TSITSIKAMMA UITENHAGE Port Elizabeth had an impressive amount of rainfall last [...] DAMS to the west of Grahamstown have effectively dried up, leaving the city’s industrial area, the Grahamstown prison, the military base and some suburbs without a drop of water. which draws its water from the almost empty Settler’s, Milner and Howieson’s Poort dams that stands at less then 10% full – Daily Dispatch, 26/03/10 By installing Water [...] |
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Due to the consistently low levels of dams in the Grahamstown area, the Makana Municipality is considering limiting water supplies in some parts of town.
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