Plan 13 November 2015
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Comprehensive interventions in support of the current drought relief efforts are to be rolled out in Limpopo and other declared disaster areas by the Department of Water and Sanitation. The Department announced yesterday that it has deployed water tankers to provide water to areas that are hardest hit by the drought. It will also include interventions such as reuse, eradication of illegal water use, drilling of boreholes in suitable areas and rainwater harvesting as short term solutions. At the same time the Department is appealing to
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every individual to use water sparingly and adhere to water restrictions as well as efficient water use practices including not filling swimming pools or watering their gardens during the day. The Tzaneen Dam level has dropped to less than 50% and is losing water at up to one and a half percent per week, but it seems to be of no concern for the GTM and residents. Garden hoses and sprayers are still used abundantly, while the GTM has made no visible or known effort to consider restrictions in the use of domestic water. Farmers,on the other hand, have reduced
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their consumption voluntarily by fifty percent months ago, although the official restriction was only 35%. If they hadn’t taken such measures, the Tzaneen Dam level would have been considerably lower. The executive board of the water users association will meet next Friday to review this strategy, said the chairman, Mr Louis van Rooyen. In the meantime, consumers of fresh produce and meat are expecting a sharp rise in prices towards the end of the year, as the shortage of water has led to smaller crops and less grazing fields.
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LEFT: A unique view of the bridges over the Tzaneen Dam (best known as the ‘Tweeling Brug’) shows the rather worrying low level of the water. The brown marks show the level of the water when the dam is full. The water level is dropping at an alarming rate. Photo: Joe Dreyer