{"id":50830,"date":"2021-05-13T11:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T09:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/borehole-water-to-help-ease-drought-20210512-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:21:16","slug":"borehole-water-to-help-ease-drought-20210512-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/borehole-water-to-help-ease-drought-20210512-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Borehole water to help ease drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f97fdd65\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11112\/3e53045c30f04bf8a1e036897b692a1c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11112\/e380d43a28d147f5a75077c4f1cd1105.jpg\" title=\"Two boreholes \u2013 delivering a combined blow yield of 10l\/s \u2013 were connected to the existing water supply at the Hankey Water Treatment Works (WTW). At the WTW are (from left) Kouga Infrastructure and Engineering Portfolio Councillor, Willem Gertenbach, Martin Labuschagne (Department of Water and Sanitation Area Manager in Sarah Baartman District Municipality and Nelson Mandela Bay), Tez Mothibe (Breaking New Ground Director), Kouga Acting Area Engineer, Pieter Felix, and Siphiwo Ttsabo from the Department of Water and Sanitation. Photo:SUPPLIED\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Two boreholes \u2013 delivering a combined blow yield of 10l\/s \u2013 were connected to the existing water supply at the Hankey Water Treatment Works (WTW). At the WTW are (from left) Kouga Infrastructure and Engineering Portfolio Councillor, Willem Gertenbach, Martin Labuschagne (Department of Water and Sanitation Area Manager in Sarah Baartman District Municipality and Nelson Mandela Bay), Tez Mothibe (Breaking New Ground Director), Kouga Acting Area Engineer, Pieter Felix, and Siphiwo Ttsabo from the Department of Water and Sanitation. Photo:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>K<\/span>OUGA Municipality\u2019s search for much-needed groundwater to increase the fast-declining water supply to local communities in the Gamtoos Valley is now bearing fruit \u2013 effectively helping to delay Day Zero.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 exploratory boreholes have been sunk and tested in Hankey and Patensie, with only four being viable. \u201cTwo boreholes \u2013 delivering a combined blow yield of 10<em>l<\/em>\/s \u2013 were connected to the existing water supply at the Hankey Water Treatment Works (WTW),\u201d said Kouga infrastructure and engineering portfolio councillor, Willem Gertenbach. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo more viable boreholes were connected at the Patensie WTW, delivering a combined blow yield of 7.3<em>l<\/em>\/s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boreholes produce 0.86 megalitres per day in Hankey, whereas the average demand is between 1.4 megalitres and 1.6 megalitres per day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Patensie, the average demand is between 1.2 megalitres and 1.3 megalitres per day, while the boreholes only deliver 0.6 megalitres per day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Gertenbach, at this stage there is no provision for reducing the salinity of the borehole water at the Hankey WTW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe short-term solution is to blend the water with surface water prior to distribution to consumers,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately reverse osmosis technology will be installed to improve the quality of the water supplied from the production boreholes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He, however, assured residents that the water was suitable for human consumption. Gertenbach said the municipality was grateful that they had found viable boreholes in Hankey and Patensie, as water rationing continued to be implemented due to the limitations that the Department of Water and Sanitation has placed on extraction from the Kouga Dam, which is currently below 5% \u2013 the only source of potable water for the two towns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will, furthermore, help to delay Day Zero \u2013 the day when they will run out of water \u2013 which is predicted for the middle of June this year, should there be no significant rainfall in the catchment area very soon,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage residents to use water from the dam only for drinking and for any other hygiene purposes to use the borehole water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Gertenbach, the municipality is in the process of erecting five 5 000<em>l<\/em> designated water points in Hankey, to ensure residents have access to clean drinking water, especially if there is no more water in the dam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater will be trucked in from either Humansdorp or Loerie and residents will be limited to 5<em>l <\/em>of water per person per day,\u201d said Gertenbach.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Viable boreholes were also connected in Oyster Bay (5), Jeffreys Bay (4) and St Francis Bay (1). 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