{"id":263595,"date":"2025-06-11T16:43:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/?p=263595"},"modified":"2025-06-11T16:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:44:01","slug":"tulbaghdam-in-munisipale-hande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/tulbaghdam-in-munisipale-hande\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulbaghdam in munisipale hande"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die Tulbaghdam sal genoeg water aan die dorp verseker \u00e9n ontwikkeling in die \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>omgewing ontsluit.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pemmy Majodina, die minister van water en sanitasie, het die waterverskaffingsprojek, wat altesaam R113\u2009miljoen beloop het, die afgelope Vrydag (6\u2009Junie) aan die Witzenberg-munisipaliteit oorhandig.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tulbagh het in droogtetye dikwels nie genoeg water nie. Beplande behuisingsprojekte is ook vertraag omdat nie genoeg water voorsien kon word nie.<br>Die departement van water en sanitasie het R43\u2009miljoen in die laaste fase van die projek bestee terwyl die munisipaliteit R5\u2009miljoen bygedra het.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die dam het &#8216;n inhoudsvermo\u00eb van 1,2 miljoen kubieke liter. Pyplyne is ook aangel\u00ea en &#8216;n pompstasie is opgerig.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die private sektor het bygedra deur &#8216;n geskikte ligging vir die dam te vind en die grond te verkry.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OmniGro beplan &#8216;n behuisingsontwikkeling in Tulbagh, maar kon nie voortgaan nie omdat te min water beskikbaar was. Di\u00e9 projek beteken sy plan vir 1\u2009350 behuisings-eenhede op 366\u2009ha langs die dorp kan nou voortgaan.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ons het water nodig sodat die dorp vooruit kan gaan. Op die Water-indaba wat verlede maand gehou is, is weer eens bevestig dat dit een van ons grootste prioriteite moet wees. Die syfers wys dat 46% water in Suid-Afrika verlore gaan as gevolg van lekkasies. Ons moet kyk na wat by ons munisipali-\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>teite gebeur,&#8221; s\u00ea Majodina.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Majodina is trots daarop dat van elke sent wat op die projek uitgegee is, rekenskap gegee kan word. Die Witzenberg-munisipaliteit, wat verlede jaar as een van die topmunisipali- teite in die land aangewys is, het sy hulp om water te bestuur, aan sukkelende munisipaliteite aangebied.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die dam is tans 60% vol en sal help om water te berg sodat die opgaardamme in die dorp tydens droe\u00ebr tye vol gehou kan word.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As deel van die projek is &#8216;n pyplyn aangel\u00ea wat water vir landbou-doeleindes sal ontsluit.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die ontrekkingspyplyn kan 140\u2009liter per sekonde pomp. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die dam sal water aan sowat 10\u2009000 mense in die omgewing verskaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dam2_26789.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Van links is minister Pemmy Majodina, Nobulumko Nkondlo, lid van die provinsiale wetgewer en Trevor Abrahams, burgemeester van die Witzenberg-munisipaliteit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dam3_94097.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">dummy text<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Dam4_00124.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nathan Jacobs, Witzenberg se senior bestuurder van water en sanitasie, saam met minister Pemmy Majodina by die dam se nuwe pompstasie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Tulbaghdam sal genoeg water aan die dorp verseker \u00e9n ontwikkeling in die omgewing ontsluit. 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