had way lower than average rainfall so we haven t been getting the winter rain that we need to fill our dams so that we can irrigate the orchards and vineyards and everything through the summer, so now we ve become even more dependent on underground water. as i listen to you, i m thinking this sounds like a nightmare scenario. you ve got a long term water shortage problem, which is being massively exacerbated by this immediate power problem. we only had this level of load shedding from about january, february, so we have managed to survive this season, but if this happens next year, where we have another dry winter and we have stage six load shedding, which is where we are 11 hours a day out, i don t know how we re going to do it, honestly. here s why irrigation matters so much. the local clanwilliam dam is atjust 16% of full capacity. climate change is hitting the western cape particularly hard. unreliable power could make farming here impossible. according to anne paterson, robert s
average rainfall, so we haven t been getting the winter rain that we need to fill our dams, so that we can irrigate the orchards and vineyards and everything for the summer. so, we have become even more dependent on underground water. as i listen to you, and thinking that this sounds like a nightmare scenario. you have a nightmare scenario. you have a long term water shortage problem, which is being massively exacerbated by this immediate power problem. we onl had immediate power problem. - only had this level of load shedding from about january only had this level of load shedding from aboutjanuary or february. so, we have managed to survive this season, but if this happens next year, where we have another dry winter, and we have another dry winter, and we have another dry winter, and we have stayed six load shedding, which is where we are 11 hours a day out, i don t know how we will do it. honestly. know how we will do it. honestly- honestly. here is why irrigation honestly. here
to fill our dams so that we can irrigate the orchards and vineyards and everything through the summer, so now we ve become even more dependent on underground water. as i listen to you, i m thinking this sounds like a nightmare scenario. you ve got a long term water shortage problem, which is being massively exacerbated by this immediate power problem. we only had this level of load shedding from about january, february, so we have managed to survive this season, but if this happens next year, where we have another dry winter and we have stage six load shedding, which is where we are 11 hours a day out, i don t know how we re going to do it, honestly. here s why irrigation matters so much. the local clanwilliam dam is atjust 16% of full capacity. climate change is hitting the western cape particularly hard. unreliable power could make farming here impossible.
rain and then a relatively short winter when it is supposed to rain, but for the past seven years we ve had way lower than average rainfall so we haven t been getting the winter rain that we need to fill our dams so that we can irrigate the orchards and vineyards and everything through the summer, so now we ve become even more dependent on underground water. as i listen to you, i m thinking this sounds like a nightmare scenario. you ve got a long term water shortage problem, which is being massively exacerbated by this immediate power problem. we only had this level of load shedding from about january, february, so we have managed to survive this season, but if this happens next year, where we have another dry winter and we have stage six load shedding, which is where we are 11 hours a day out, i don t know how we re going to do it, honestly. here s why irrigation matters so much.
as i listen to you, i m thinking this sounds like a nightmare scenario. you ve got a long term water shortage problem, which is being massively exacerbated by this immediate power problem. we only had this level of loadshedding from aboutjanuary, february, so we have managed to survive this season. but if this happens next year, where we have another dry winter and we have stage six loadshedding, which is where we re 11 hours a day out, i don t know how we re going to do it, honestly. here s why irrigation matters so much. the local clanwilliam dam is at just 16% of full capacity. climate change is hitting the western cape particularly hard. unreliable power could make farming here impossible.