Western Cape Dam Levels 17 Jan 2011Western Cape Dam Levels 17 Jan 2011

Dam levels of the Western Cape as verified by DWAF on 17 January 2011.

Wolwedans Dam level currently at 68.5% vs 36.3% the same time last year. Although there has been some heavy rainfall across South Africa,Western Cape dam levels are down 7.4% vs the same week last year. Unfortunately there is not [...]

Dam levels,Western Cape - November 2010Dam levels,Western Cape –November 2010

Wolwedans dam level increased by7.7% week on week due to heavy rains in Mosselbay last weekend. The dam is now at 28.3%. The biggest concern is that across the Western Cape,we have 7% less water available than what we had the same time last year.

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Another 53 days before water runs out.Another 53 days before water runs out.

By Andisiwe Makinana Political Writer –This article was originally published on page 1 of Cape Argus on August 20,2010

Oil company PetroSA will run out of water at its refinery in Mossel Bay by the end of October and may be forced to close temporarily.

It is not only the refinery that [...]

Mosselbay Desalination Plant &Wolwedans dam Mosselbay Desalination Plant &Wolwedans dam

The Mosselbay municipality has given the go ahead for a R240m seawater desalination plant. What else could they have done with R240m?

The graph below indicates how serious the drought in the Garden Route (or more specifically Mosselbay) is. The water level has been deteriorating since Mid November 2009. By following the trend,it [...]

MOSSELBAY WATER AVAILABILITY DROP TO 19%

Mossel Bay Municipality

NEWS RELEASE

DATUM:          5 JANUARY 2010

WOLWEDANS DAM DOWN TO 38,5%

The water situation in Mossel Bay remains critical despite the current water restrictions and the level of the town’s main source of water,the Wolwedans Dam,has dropped to 38,5 per cent at the end of December [...]