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MOSSEL BAY WELCOMES VISITORS OVER FESTIVE SEASON
The Mossel Bay Municipality announced that there will be sufficient water for the year-end holiday season, as well as until the new 15 Ml a day seawater desalination reaches full production. There is no longer a threat of having to close caravan parks or turn away any visitors due to insufficient water supplies for the town. Read More...

TEMPORARY COFFERDAM TO BE BUILT AT VOORBAAI DESALINATION PLANT SITE
A temporary cofferdam will be built in the sea at Voorbaai for the laying of the inward-bound seawater pipeline and outward bound brine pipeline for the R200-million seawater desalination plant being built at Mossel Bay, the Mossel Bay Municipality has announced. Read More...

DAM HAS LESS WATER THAN THOUGHT, WATER FOR AGRICULTURE RESTRICTED
A new calibration of the Wolwedans Dam, which the dam’s owner, the Department of Water Affairs, announced last week, showed its level was down to 16,62 per cent instead of 18,5 per cent as advised initially. The Municipality is dependent on the Department for information on the level of the dam.. Read More...

DIAS MUSEUM'S 500-YEAR-OLD SOLUTION TO WATER CRISIS
The Dias Museum Complex in Mossel Bay boasts one of only a few Braille Trails in South Africa - so when the drought that’s currently gripping the Southern Cape began to threaten the plants in the Museum’s Ethno-botanic Garden (of which the Trail forms an integral part), manager Mbulelo Mrubata decided to look to the past for a solution that would lead the important tourist icon into the future. . Read More...

DAM NOW LESS THAN 19% FULL
The level of the Wolwedans Dam, Mossel Bay’s main source of potable water, this week dropped to less than 19 per cent, and at according to the Department of Water Affairs, stood at 18,5 per cent at the beginning of the week. The town is still on course to run out of water in January 2011 if it does not rain before then.. Read More...

14 MM OF RAIN TOO LITTLE TO IMPROVE SITUATION
Fourteen millimetres of rain fell in the catchment area of the Wolwedans Dam last week, but it was unfortunately not enough to make a significant difference to the level of the dam, which was down to 19,3 per cent at the beginning of the week.. Read More...

WATER MAY BE RAILED TO MOSSEL BAY FOR HOLIDAY SEASON
The railing of water from George to Mossel Bay is being considered at present to tide the town over the year-end holiday season when thousands of holiday makers are expected to flock to the area again, says the Municipal Manager of Mossel Bay, Dr Michele Gratz.. Read More...

WATER RESTRICTIONS: 8,3 % STILL NOT CO-OPERATING
Although the level of the Wolwedans Dam dropped to 19,7 per cent at the beginning of the week and continues to drop, there were still 432 households which used more than 30 kilolitres in July 2010. This is more than double the limit of 15 kilolitres per month which at present applies to households. Read More...