Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu has given Nelson Mandela Bay a cautious vote of approval for not dropping the ball since the end of the eight-year regional drought in September.
As we start enjoying lovely summer weather, we must remember what a diverse and interesting year we have had weather-wise. It has been anything but boring.
On Friday, DA councillor Retief and his former mayoral committee member for water and infrastructure, Dries van der Westhuyzen, as well as residents, plan to trek up to the Kouga Dam early in the morning to watch the sluice gates being opened.
Residents of Nelson Mandela Bay will have to battle daily water cuts unless consumption can be reduced to 50 litres per person per day. This, as the city cuts back on its extraction from near-empty dams to preserve the little that is left.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s drought crisis joint operating centre has opted to reduce water abstractions to the allocated levels which will lead to outages in some areas in an effort to preserve the resource.