NOMAZIMA NKOSI If you are a high water consumer in Nelson Mandela Bay, be warned: not only is the municipality gearing up to restrict your usage, but you will have to pay for it. More than 30,000 households across the Bay have already…
Dam levels across the province have remained mostly stable, with only a 0.1% change recorded throughout the EC, according to the department of water and sanitation (DWS). According to the latest figures, the provincial level increased…
BCM finally has some good news on the water front. Following continued rains last week, most dams in the area saw a rise in level with only two dams declining. Bridle Drift and Nahoon were the only dams which lost water this week,…
The last week’s rain has brought some relief to the drought-ridden Eastern Cape, with provincial dam levels rising to 47.3% according to the latest figures released by the department of water and sanitation (DWS). Once again, however, BCM…
Last week’s burst of rain seems to have done some good for the Eastern Cape and helped raise the provincial dam levels to 46.4%. However, this won’t be much comfort to BCM as dam levels continue their steady decline. Only two dams are…
BCM residents have been urged to prepare for water cuts on Thursday and Friday. The cuts will be caused by the maintenance of the Umzonyana waterworks plant in Scenery Park and will lead to widespread low pressures and no water to some…
One of the best scenes for me in Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel, Dune, is also one of the least eventful, considering this is the same book that involves magic spice that gives you psychic powers, feudal politics that would make Game of…
Despite heavy rains last week, the drought doesn’t look like it will release its grip on the Eastern Cape any time soon. According to the department of water and sanitation (DWS), the Eastern Cape continues lose water every week due to…
While the torrential downpours this last week suggest otherwise, we shouldn’t forget that we are still in the middle of the worst drought in nearly 100 years. Our dams are at record lows and there’s even rumours of Stage 3 water…
By Aron Hyman The City of Cape Town is installing 2‚000 water management devices a week at properties owned by water guzzlers to restrict household consumption to 350 litres per day. The devices will be installed at properties where…
More than 250‚000 residents in the Eastern Cape town of Butterworth face the possibility of their taps running dry this week. Dams supplying the town are at an all-time low due to a crippling drought in the Amathole region‚ the Daily…
Cape Town authorities will start knocking on doors this week to install devices that restrict the supply of water guzzlers. Faced with precariously low dam levels and consumers failing to meet reduced water consumption targets‚ the city…
Red lights flicker as drought continues to take its toll THE unrelenting drought and heat in the Eastern Cape has affected dams drastically, which has in turn impacted water supply in the province. Although East London has not yet been…
