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WATER SUFFICIENT UNTIL JANUARY 2011 PROVIDED SAVINGS CONTINUE
The water situation in Mossel Bay is still extremely serious, but because of a number of factors which include improved availability of water from the Wolwedans Dam and the commissioning of two boreholes, the town’s water supply is now expected to last to January 2011 if it does not rain enough before then and provided the current water savings trends are maintained, says the Municipality in a news release.. Read More...

NESTLÉ EXCELS AT SAVING WATER
Nestlé in Mossel Bay, which produces milk powder and canned milk products and is part of the multi-national Nestlé group, displayed the best possible example of responsible corporate citizenship in the way they heeded the call to save water in the serious water crisis experienced in Mossel Bay at present, says the Executive of Mayor of Mossel Bay, Alderlady Marie Ferreira.. Read More...

DESALINATION PROJECT NECESSITATES TEMPORARY BEACH CLOSURE
The construction of the emergency seawater desalination plant and pipeline at Voorbaai to increase Mossel Bay’s water supply, will necessitate the temporary closure of a stretch of beach at Voorbaai, according to a statement issued by the Municipality. The construction of the emergency seawater desalination plant and pipeline at Voorbaai to increase Mossel Bay’s water supply, will necessitate the temporary closure of a stretch of beach at Voorbaai, according to a statement issued by the Municipality. The construction of the emergency seawater desalination plant and pipeline at Voorbaai to increase Mossel Bay’s water supply, will necessitate the temporary closure of a stretch of beach at Voorbaai, according to a statement issued by the Municipality.. Read More...

WELCOME RAIN MADE SMALL DIFFERENCE TO LEVEL OF DAM
The rain that fell last weekend was most welcome from an agricultural and gardening point of view, but the 31 mm received in the catchment area of the Wolwedans Dam was again unfortunately insufficient to make much of a difference to the level of the dam, says the Municipality in a news release on the water situation in Mossel Bay.. Read More...

BEACH WORK ON DESALINATION PLANT COMMENCES
Work on the laying of two pipelines from the new seawater desalination plant into the sea will commence early next week at Voorbaai in Mossel Bay.. Read More...

COUNCIL APPROVES R100 MILLION LOAN FOR DESALINATION PLANT
The Town Council of Mossel Bay at its monthly meeting on 21 June 2010 approved the taking up of a loan of R100 million to partially finance the R210-million seawater desalination plant at Voorbaai in Mossel Bay.. Read More...

CONSUMERS CONTRIBUTE WELL TO WATER SAVINGS
Consumers of water supplied by the Municipality are generally supporting the water restrictions well as evidenced by the May 2010 water consumption figures which show that 93 per cent of households used less than twenty kilolitres for the month.. Read More...