{"id":52667,"date":"2020-04-30T06:02:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/boere-bekommerd-oor-lae-dam-vlak-20200428-2\/"},"modified":"2020-04-30T06:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T04:02:06","slug":"boere-bekommerd-oor-lae-dam-vlak-20200428-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/boere-bekommerd-oor-lae-dam-vlak-20200428-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Boere bekommerd oor lae dam-vlak"},"content":{"rendered":"

MET die Kougadam se vlak wat steeds in \u2019n onrusbarende tempo daal, is boere van die Gamtoosvallei onseker oor wat hul volgende oesjaar gaan oplewer.<\/p>\n

Altesame 132 boere maak staat op \u2019n jaarlikse waterkwota uit die Kougadam wat deur die departement van waterwese aan hulle toegeken word. <\/p>\n

Die vlak van die dam, wat ook water aan die Kouga-munisipaliteit en \u2019n gedeelte aan die Nelson Mandelabaai-metro voorsien, het die afgelope week op 12,13% gestaan.<\/p>\n

Besluite oor die watertoekenning vir die nuwe waterjaar, wat op 1 Julie begin, is gegrond op die dam se watervlak van 1 Mei. <\/p>\n

Rienette Colesky, uitvoerende hoof van die Gamtoos-besproeiingsraad, s\u00ea die dam is die boere se enigste waterbron. <\/p>\n

Geen alternatief<\/strong> <\/p>\n

\u201cDaar is eintlik nie \u2019n alternatief nie. Ons as boere in die Gam\u00adtoos het die Kougadam en ons is afhanklik van die water in die dam. Die Kougadam is afhanklik van die re\u00ebn wat val in die Langkloof, wat die opvangsgebied is, en dit is baie droog daar. Dit is kommerwekkend om te sien daardie damme is ook droog.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vir 2019 se waterjaar, wat Junie tot \u2019n einde kom, is boere 85% van hul waterkwota toegeken. <\/p>\n

Colesky s\u00ea teen einde Maart het die verbruikers 15% minder as hul 85%-toekenning gebruik. <\/p>\n

\u201cDit dui daarop dat die boere deeglik bewus is van die situasie en van hulle kant af word water spaarsaam gebruik.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wat ook bygedra het tot die afname in waterverbruik, was goeie re\u00ebnval wat die distrik in die eerste twee maande van die jaar gekry het. <\/p>\n

Colesky s\u00ea dit is moeilik om te skat wat hul beperking vanjaar kan wees, maar noem dat daar in 2018, terwyl die dam se watervlak op 10% was, 20% se water toegeken is. <\/p>\n

\u201cDit is \u2019n realistiese benadering. Maar wanneer die modelle gebruik word om die kwotas toe te ken, beteken dit nie dieselfde omstandighede geld vandag wat in 2018 in ag geneem is nie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sy bestempel \u2019n 20%-watertoekenning as \u2019n uiters moeilike situasie vir die boere, wat waarskynlik slegs minimale groenteaanplantings sal beteken. <\/p>\n

\u201cOns is reeds op \u2019n punt waar baie van die kleiner groenteprodusente opgehou groente plant het. Net die groter groenteboere, wat kontrakte met supermarkte het, plant nou.<\/p>\n

\u201cDie meeste hier is sitrusboere en om \u2019n lemoenboom op \u2019n 20%-toekenning te probeer deurkry, gaan baie moeilik wees. D\u00edt is die situasie aan die bokant van die vallei, maar in Mondplaas is daar baie melkboere wat in \u2019n nog groter penarie is om weiding aan die gang te hou.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoewel daar water is tot einde Junie vir die oes wat nou aan die bome is, is dit die volgende jaar se oes wat in die weegskaal hang. <\/p>\n

Waterverliese<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Werkverliese is ook \u2019n kommerwekkende werklikheid. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs jy (die seisoen) ingaan met \u2019n kleiner oes, gaan pakhuise nie op volle kapasiteit loop nie, want die oeste is kleiner en minder mense gaan nodig wees om te pluk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Die water word volgens Colesky op die ontleding van historiese data en \u2019n vooruitskouing van klimaat toegeken. <\/p>\n

Die departement gebruik \u2019n model om vooruit te skat hoeveel water \u2019n dam kan lewer oor die volgende waterjaar eerder as net die hui-dige watervlakke.<\/p>\n

Die metro, wat uit die Churchill-, Impofu- en Groendaldam, asook die Nooitgedacht-waterskema, water kry, sal op \u2019n vol kwota 23 miljoen kubieke meter water per jaar uit die Kougadam kry. <\/p>\n

Boere kry 60,188 miljoen kubieke meter water. <\/p>\n

Hoewel die boere al twee jaar met \u2019n 40%-watertoekenning moes klaarkom, s\u00ea Colesky die beste opsie is altyd \u2019n 100%-watertoekenning.<\/p>\n

\u201cByges\u00ea, die department kan net toeken wat beskikbaar is. Die raad vertrou die model wat die department gebruik en dit was nog altyd \u2019n goeie manier om die waterbron te beskerm. <\/p>\n

\u201cDie boere maak maar \u2019n plan om uit te kom aan die ander kant van \u2019n dro\u00eb waterjaar, maar dit is nie maklik nie,\u201d s\u00ea Colesky. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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