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Watch the NMB Residents Information Session on the Drought Crisis HERE

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With literally days to go until certain parts of Nelson Mandela Bay go without water, the Municipality presented an online information session all about the drought crisis.

CLICK HERE to see today’s Dam Levels.

If you look at the top graph you will see that our dams have been lower in past years.

Look for the JUMP Upwards in Dam Levels during September 2018 – in that very same month the Late Mongameli Bobani staged a palace coup and ousted Athol Trollip and the DA from the Mayor’s position. I always wonder if the increase of dam levels then was divine intervention….

Drought Crisis : Residents Information Session

I started asking a simple question in 2012; “How much water is lost to leaks between Dam and Tap?” This figure will demonstrate just WHO/WHAT is wasting the most water.

Various estimates over the years have ranged from 36% to 51% of all water extracted. Of course the publishing of these numbers will create a feeling of anger on the part of the consumer losing far less water to leaks, who may turn to the Bible for inspiration and quote Matthew 7:5 – “First, take the log out of your own eye; then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend’s eye!”

On 2 April 2021 we had some input over turnover from the sale of Water: https://mygqeberha.com/dam-levels-are-we-being-taken-for-april-fools/

In 2016, Athol Trollip said; “The challenges facing us include infrastructure maintenance. The IDP for the next five years will have to address that. A total of 42% of the water from our dams is lost as a result of unaccounted for water before it reaches our houses. Our infrastructure is old and antiquated and needs to be replaced.”

See: https://mype.co.za/new/42-of-water-lost-between-dam-and-tap/

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Alan Straton

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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.