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Dam Levels – Time to Stop that Love Me Tender Tendency

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Now that we have had our 4 yearly flood and the dams are filling up nicely I need to stop myself from falling back into old habits – my particular vice at the moment is the tendency to stretch that hot shower time just a bit ………

Unfortunately we South Africans seem to have that TENDERpreneur mentality ingrained in us and in times when money, food and water is plentiful we gorge ourselves silly like the original Khomani Desert San inhabitants of South Africa and develop fat buttocks, stomachs and hamster cheeks in a silly attempt to appear sleek, fat and rich.

The water restrictions are still in place – lets not spend all our hard won assets immediately and abuse our natural resources willy nilly again.

Major Storage Dam Levels as at 20 June 2011:

  • Kouga: 100% – 125 910 Ml
  • Churchill: 75,7% – 26 691 Ml
  • Impofu: 51,2% – 54 104 Ml
  • Loerie: 100% – 3 026 Ml
  • Groendal: 100% – 11 640 Ml
  • Average all: 78,6 %  of total combined capacity – 221 371 Ml.

Images of the Kouga and Loerie Dams Overflowing on 18 June 2011:
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Report Water Leaks to: 041 505 2258 or 0800 20 5050

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The levels of the Impofu remain a cause for concern even if it is more then 50% at this stage. A meeting of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality with the Department of Water Affairs will take place within the next two to three weeks to discuss water restrictions.

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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.

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  1. Just wondering, we have worked flipping hard to try and save water. At what point are the Municpality going to start looking at reducing the penalties for over consumption? Sure keep the water restrictions in place, as we still need to conserve water, but we truly need to look at reducing household costs in the NMMM, traditionally a poor region of SA. With the already excessively high electricity costs the water costs are assisting in pushing the residents over the edge.

    Are the NMMM trying to buffer their debt, at the unnecessary cost to the residents?

  2. The amount you pay per kilolitre there is still lower than what we pay here in KZN…….

  3. That little extra luxury of another minute in the shower is not going to drain any dam  …   what kills the water supply is leaking joints in pipes, taps, shower heads etc.    Buy a rainwater tank and save a million of showers when it rains.   The average house with a roof area of 130 sq.m will produce a runoff of 65 kilolitres per year of average rainfall (500mm).

    Maximillian