The Mossel Bay Municipality in the Western Cape says it has a year’s worth of water, despite predictions that the province will receive less than average rainfall this year.
This as drought conditions plague several towns along the Garden Route and Little Karoo region.
The projection is based on the average daily consumption.
The municipality’s director of infrastructure services, Dick Naidoo, says their R200 million desalination plant which was built during the last drought, has been maintained and is available for use at any time.
“The plant will feed purified desalinated water to the Langeberg reservoir from where the potable water will be distributed to other areas. The desalination and reclamation plants will be operated at full capacity when the dam level drops below 30% as per the DWS operating rules,”
