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Click here for August 2010 information The Garden Route drought is far from over. The Wolwedans Dam,Mosselbay Municipality’s main source of water,was 28 per cent full on Monday,19 April 2010,compared to 28,8 per cent the previous week and 66,8 per cent a year ago. The current projection is that Mossel [...] Garden Route Dam at 33.1% capacity –08 March 2010 The Western Cape experienced a 2% decline in water level across the province for last week. The 36 dams across the province has a storage capacity of 1841.7 million cubic meters. The declined meant that the dams are collectively at 62.7% of it’s [...] Mossel Bay - Annual Rainfall for the past 18 yearsMossel Bay – Annual Rainfall for the past 18 yearsI managed to obtain Mossel Bay’s annual Rainfall figures for the past 18 years. If you were living in Mosselbay during April 1998,you’d probably remember the 249mm of rain we received in one day?! The highest rainfall per year was during 2006,when we received 650mm. During 2008 we received 390mm and 2009 [...] Dam Name River FSC (Nett) This Week(%) Last Week(%) Last Year(%) Berg River dam Berg River 127.1 91.8 93.8 75.5 Brandvlei Dam Lower Brandvlei River 284.3 57.6 59.4 61.3 Buffeljags Dam Buffeljags River Although 44.6mm of rain fell in the catchment areas of the Wolwedans Dam from Sunday the 22nd of February,to Wednesday 24 February,this was unfortunately not enough to improve the water situation in Mossel Bay significantly,and the Municipality appeals to the community to continue implementing water saving measures in every possible way. [...] I can see that there is plenty of searches on the website for the latest Garden Route Dam levels. I guess everyone is curious to see what effect the long overdue rain had on the dams. PLEASE,PLEASE bare with me. Department of Water Affairs last measured the dams,before the rain arrived. Figures [...] State of dams in the Garden Route . 05/02/2010. % change from 15/01 Kromrivier Dam: 22.4% -3.2% Garden Route Dam: 28.6% -1.4% Wolwedans Dam: 35.2% -2.0% Hartebeeskuil Dam: 52.8% -1.8% Impofu Dam: 54.8% -1.3% Ernest Robertson: 83.4% -4.9% On [...] Providing I can continuously receive the information from the Department of Water Affairs,I’ll aim to keep you updated by the state of Dam levels in the Garden Route. I’ll also put some effort into making it a bit more user friendly,but at this stage I think what you really want to know [...] |    Against a global rainfall average of 870mm per year,South Africa receives a pitiful 450mm,making it the worlds 30th driest country. Water Rhapsody,with 15 years experience in water conservation,is number 1 in South Africa in Grey water recycling systems and Rainwater harvesting systems. | ||
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