Die afgelope winter het die Boland en Kaapse Wynlande een van die koudste en natste seisoene in jare beleef, wat \u2019n mengsel van skade en se\u00ebn vir die streek gebring het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swaar re\u00ebnval, koue wind en ongewone hoeveelhede sneeu het baie gebiede geteister, wat oorstromings, infrastruktuurskade en uitdagings vir inwoners veroorsaak het. Terselfdertyd het die winterneerslae egter ook waardevolle waterbronne vir die landbou verskaf, wat vir wynboere en ander landbouers uiters positief was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Paarlse re\u00ebnvaldata was die re\u00ebnval vir Julie die naashoogste in 100 jaar. \u2019n Reusagtige 456 mm is in di\u00e9 maand vir die Paarl gemeet, terwyl Julie se gemiddelde re\u00ebnval vir die gebied oor die afgelope 100 jaar 142 mm is en vanaf 2000 net 127 mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met die aanvang van die winter het hewige storms die Boland en omliggende Wynlande met volle krag getref. Dorpe soos Paarl, Stellenbosch en Franschhoek het swaar re\u00ebn ervaar, wat tot oorstromings en modderstortings gelei het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paaie is weggespoel, br\u00fbe is beskadig en talle huishoudings het sonder elektrisiteit en water gesukkel. In sommige laerliggende gebiede was die water so hoog dat gemeenskappe moes oppak en verhuis, terwyl plaaslike sakeondernemings ook onder druk was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Landbouers het ook skade gely \u2013 veral in wingerde en vrugteboorde wat oorstromings moes hanteer. Skade aan jong wingerdstokke en gewasse het boere gedwing om vroe\u00eb herstelwerk te doen om verdere verliese te voorkom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aan die ander kant het die ongewoon swaar sneeuval op die berge rondom die Kaapse Wynlande egter hoop gebring vir landbouers wat water vir hul gewasse en wingerde nodig het. Die Matroosberg, die Hottentots-Holland-berge en die Franschhoek-berge was oortrek met dik sneeulae wat gehelp het om waterbronne aan te vul. Hierdie sneeu het \u2019n stadige en bestendige afvloei van water beteken, wat damme soos die Bergrivier-dam en die Theewaterskloofdam gevul het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir wynprodusente was hierdie neerslae veral goed vir die komende groeiseisoen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die goeie waterbeskikbaarheid n\u00e1 die winter verseker dat wingerdstokke goed gehidreer is, wat tot gesonde groei in die lente en somer sal lei. Dit bied die vooruitsig van \u2019n sterk oes en topgehalte druiwe vir wynproduksie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Terwyl die kwaai winter groot skade aan infrastruktuur aangerig het, het dit ook die landbousektor bevoordeel \u2013 veral op die gebied van waterhulp\u00adbronne en landbouproduksie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wynprodusente, vrugteboere en ander landbouers sal baat vind by die volop water wat vir besproeiing beskikbaar is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die swaar sneeuval het nie net die landskap pragtig laat lyk nie, maar was ook van groot waarde vir die volhoubaarheid van plaaslike landbou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met water wat nou in oorvloed is, het talle mense reeds vergeet van die groot droogte van 2018 toe die krane letterlik byna opgedroog en Dag Zero aan die deur geklop het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sedertdien het die Drakenstein se bevolking reusagtig gegroei weens reuse-ontwikkelings en semigrasie van elders in die land hierheen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar, \u2019n waterskaarste word in die nabye toekoms voorspel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dus word gevra (met al die bykomende inwoners van die vallei) \u2013 is die gebied gereed vir n\u00f3g \u2019n droogte en hoe sorg hulle dat hierdie waardevolle lewensbron beskerm word?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Drakenstein-munisipaliteit se geouditeerde waterverliese vir die 2022-\u201923-boekjaar was 17%. In 2023 het die munisipaliteit hiervoor erkenning gekry van die nasionale departement van water en sanitasie deur die toekenning van \u2019n \u201cNo Drop Award\u201d, wat onder meer waterbesparing, -verbruik en -verliese assesseer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foutiewe toilette lei tot die grootste waterverliese in huishoudings. Inwoners moet dus seker maak dat lekkende toilette en krane so spoedig moontlik reggemaak word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inwoners kan ook nuttige inligting oor hoe om lekkasies vinnig op te spoor, op die munisipaliteit se Facebook-blad, WhatsApp-kanaal of webtuiste verkry. Gebarste pype is \u2019n noodgeval en moet tolvry by 080 131 3553 (alle ure) aangemeld word. Dit is baie belangrik dat die publiek die korrekte adres vir enige werke, en veral vir gebarste pype, aandui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die besoedeling van die munisipaliteit se stormwater\u00adstelsels en die Bergrivier bly verder \u2019n groot uitdaging. Ons sien dat heelwat stormwater-indringing in die munisipale rioolstelsels plaasvind, wat \u2019n groot las op die munisipale rioolnetwerk en rioolsuiwe\u00adrings\u00ad\u00adwerke plaas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Huishoudings wat stormwater of water van dakke of geute in die rioolnetwerk laat loop, kan stewig beboet word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wat nuwe ontwikkelings betref, doen die munisipaliteit voorafbeplanning deur middel van die gereelde opdatering van ons water- en riool-meesterplanne vir die daarstelling van grootmaat\u00addienste vir alle nuwe ontwikkelings. Grootmaat\u00adpypleidings word byvoorbeeld reeds beplan vir Suider-Paarl en die Klapmuts-gebied, waar planne vir nuwe ontwikkelings in die pyplyn is. Ons fokuspunt is om \u2019n minimum stoorkapasiteit van 48 uur vir alle reservoirs te h\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die munisipaliteit het reeds tydens die 2018-droogte (asook daarna) begin om boorgat-suiweringswerke op verskeie liggings in die munisipale gebied op te rig. Di\u00e9 boorgate lewer gesamentlik 8,3 megaliter per dag. Die bestaande volume water in die twee bergdamme, Bethel en Nantes, word verder vir maksimum kapasiteit bestuur, en ons het ook begin \u2013 saam met eksterne kundiges \u2013 om addisionele toekennings uit ander bronne vir die Paarl en Wellington te ondersoek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die munisipaliteit versoek die publiek vriendelik om steeds water te bespaar. Inwoners kan byvoorbeeld gryswater (soos stort- of badwater) vir die natmaak van plante en bome gebruik. Die opvangs van re\u00ebnwater in tenke vir hierdie gebruik word ook aanbeveel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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