{"id":48528,"date":"2021-07-15T10:09:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T08:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/crippling-state-of-the-bays-water-supply-20210714-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:52:23","slug":"crippling-state-of-the-bays-water-supply-20210714-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/crippling-state-of-the-bays-water-supply-20210714-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Crippling state of the Bay\u2019s water supply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>RESIDENTS and businesses in Nelson Mandela Bay must reduce their daily water consumption levels by at least 20% to urgently mitigate the risks posed by a third of the metropole potentially not having water in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_0c27505e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11263\/57569ea423a94d1888c34c44044b1a22.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11263\/19c68a99643944dda9fbed86c94c938f.jpg\" title=\"Water leaks are responsible for 35% of the water which is lost in Nelson Mandela Bay. According to a regular visitor to the Koedoeskloof disposal site near Kariega, this faulty water tap near the entrance of the site has been running for more than a year, whilst municipal officers on a daily basis drive past the water tap, without having it fixed. photo: HEILIE COMBRINCK\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Water leaks are responsible for 35% of the water which is lost in Nelson Mandela Bay. According to a regular visitor to the Koedoeskloof disposal site near Kariega, this faulty water tap near the entrance of the site has been running for more than a year, whilst municipal officers on a daily basis drive past the water tap, without having it fixed. photo: HEILIE COMBRINCK<\/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\n\n\n<p>Nelson Mandela Bay Business Champer CEO, Denise van Huyssteen said this is a crisis and unless there is a major shift in daily water consumption patterns, the metropole will soon find itself running out of water which poses a danger not only to communities but also to the continuity of business operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile many businesses are urgently investing in measures to develop alternative water supply and to reduce their water consumption levels, not all have the resources to do so and of concern, is how this further escalates the cost of doing business in this Metro,\u201d said Van Huyssteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBusinesses need an enabling environment in which they can operate, requiring that the basics such as reliable water and electricity supply are in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kouga Dam has now reached 4,2% and critically, extraction from this facility can only be done up to 3,5%. Projections are that KwaNobuhle will be the first area in the metropole to experience severe water shortages later this month, with key industrial and commercial areas, Kariega and several suburbs potentially following afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span><strong>Drastically reduce water consumption<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese parts of the metropole are not inter-connected to the main infrastructure supply source which receives its water via the Nooitgedacht water scheme. Even though parts of the city will continue to have access to water, they are likely to be subjected to continual bouts of water shortages as water gets reallocated to support areas that are most in need,\u201d said Van Huyssteen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crippling current state of water supply situation should spur all to drastically change their consumption patterns. Preserving water should be top priority in Nelson Mandela Bay while the municipality undertakes various water augmentation measures such as drilling boreholes and accelerating the construction of the bulk pipeline that will, later this year, link the Nooitgedacht water scheme to KwaNobuhle to mitigate the situation in that area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Department of Water and Sanitation has allocated 250 Megalitres per day to the Metro but the current consumption trend averages 300 Ml per day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By reducing daily consumption levels by 20%, this will lengthen the time water can continue to be supplied to the severely impacted areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>35% of water lost through leaks <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWater leaks are responsible for 35% of the water which is lost in the Metro. 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