{"id":46145,"date":"2023-10-20T12:59:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/gamtoos-water-welcomes-two-additional-catchments-20231018\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T12:59:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:59:54","slug":"gamtoos-water-welcomes-two-additional-catchments-20231018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/gamtoos-water-welcomes-two-additional-catchments-20231018\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamtoos Water welcomes two additional catchments"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The Gamtoos Irrigation Board will now be called the Gamtoos\u00a0Water User&#8217;s Association.<\/li>\n<li>The Gamtoos Water User&#8217;s Association will now welcome two new catchment areas, the Baviaans and Kabeljous.<\/li>\n<li>The CEO of the Water User&#8217;s Association (WUA), Rienette Colesky, said that the WUA aims to bring water management to the local people in the community.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>After submitting a proposal to transform the Gamtoos Irrigation Board into a Water Users\u2019 Association (WUA) to the Department of Water and Sanitation in May this year, the proposal has finally been approved \u2013 which has allowed the association to welcome two additional catchment areas, the Baviaans and Kabeljous.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the promulgation, the Gamtoos Irrigation Board will also now be called the Gamtoos Water Users\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported by Kouga Express, Rienette Colesky, CEO of Gamtoos Irrigation Board, said as part of their business model established in 1991, they are an Irrigation Board according to the Water Act 54 of 1956.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/kouga-express\/water-restrictions-on-kouga-loerie-sub-system-lifted-20231011\" target=\"_blank\">Water restrictions on Kouga-Loerie Sub-System lifted<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article--top\">\n<div class=\"article__details\">\n<div class=\"article__accreditation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since the business model of the irrigation board is more stringent, she said that many years ago they began the process of transforming the board into a WUA, but this was halted in 2013. Fortunately, in 2021, Colesky said that they began the transformation process again, and on May 26 this year finally submitted their proposal to transform the board to a WUA to the Department of Water and Sanitation.<\/p>\n<p>As an Irrigation Board she said that they were responsible for the management of water at the Gamtoos catchment; however, with the board being promulgated to a WUA on October 6, the Baviaans and Kabeljous catchments will join their water management services.<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_6c245513\">\n<div class=\"text\">This is exciting news, as we will consist of three catchments: Gamtoos, Baviaans, and Kabeljous. Welcome to our sister catchments. Together, we are stronger.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"citation\">Rienette Colesky, CEO of Gamtoos Irrigation Board<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the Baviaans and Kabeljous catchments joined their management services, Colesky said that they had to negotiate with the water users of the two catchment areas to explain in detail the benefits of joining their association.<\/p>\n<p>Colesky said,\u00a0<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_fc8adfd5\">\n<div class=\"text\">Within our institution there are some advantages that we can give the Baviaans and Kabeljous, if they come on board, and we believe that we have bigger power by being a part of a bigger organisation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the WUA she said that they will play a facilitating role among all stakeholders, which include farmers, emerging farmers, citrus and cash crop pack-houses, the Department of Correctional Services, Department of Water and Sanitation, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency, and the Department of Environmental Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, they will manage rivers, boreholes, and dams. Furthermore, they will continue to manage every drop of water going to the municipality, farmers, and emerging farmers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/kouga-express\/good-rainfall-leads-to-lifting-of-water-restrictions-on-kouga-dam-20231006\" target=\"_blank\">Good rainfall leads to lifting of water restrictions on Kouga-Loerie Sub-System<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article--top\">\n<div class=\"article__details\">\n<div class=\"article__accreditation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They will also facilitate licensing, among other issues, to ensure that their members have the correct licence to transfer water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim of the WUA is to bring the management of water to the local people in the community,\u201d said Colesky. \u201cThis is what we aspire to do, and this is also why we have enlarged our footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Custom\" data-pos=\"middle\" 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