Right, it may be time to get that old oval shaped tub out that ouma used way back in the 1920’s. On Saturday 26 September myself and a couple friends were at the Lourie Festival also known as the Naartjie Fees. We watched our mate Robert Gilmar do his show and then walked around for a bit, after which we took a trip to the Lourie Dam where we were quite stunned as to how far the levels have droppod.

As a result of this the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will be enforcing water restrictions as of mid October and stated that if the Eastern Cape does not get it’s needed rain fall in the catchment areas in October and November, we have only enough water in our dams for one year.

Dam Levels as at 28 September 2009:

• Kouga – 56,3%
• Churchill – 35,3%
• Impofu – 60,5%
• Loerie – 34,0%
• Groendal – 56,0%
• Average level of all dams – 54,8 %  of total combined capacity.

Tags: Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, rain, Water restrictions