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they should sink a whole lot have well points close to Theewaterskloof and run those pumps 24/7 into the dam
 
Back to the topic of this thread. There is a semblance of a cut off low forming plus a weather front approaching, so some rain should result.
 
Geoff.D said:
Back to the topic of this thread. There is a semblance of a cut off low forming plus a weather front approaching, so some rain should result.
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Not an organised cutoff-low, rather a mixed up system, with different elements, depending on where you are.

Heavy rain did occur, but offshore. Isolated showers have been ongoing over parts of the Little Karoo.

A weak frontal low is developing just to the west of Cape Town. This will bring cooler conditions, and light wintry rain over the Cape Metropole on Mon 22nd and Tues 23rd.

Mixed showery rain may also occur in places. Very messy and unpredictable.
 
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Quick question... Is it possible to use excavators and try and deepen Theewaterskloof since there's almost boggerol water in at the moment, or is such an exercise not feasible?
With the machines you get these days it should be rather easy to at least give it a shot.
 
Krypt0n1te said:
Quick question... Is it possible to use excavators and try and deepen Theewaterskloof since there's almost boggerol water in at the moment, or is such an exercise not feasible?
With the machines you get these days it should be rather easy to at least give it a shot.
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I was thinking the same. Even if it doesn't get us more water now we can create a deeper dam rather than this big shallow thing only that just allows so much evaporation.
 
cenredash said:
I was thinking the same. Even if it doesn't get us more water now we can create a deeper dam rather than this big shallow thing only that just allows so much evaporation.
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Civil engineering company representative was on the radio, said they had looked into this and it would take millions of truck-loads to make a real difference. So realistically impossible.
 
Gordon_R said:
Not an organised cutoff-low, rather a mixed up system, with different elements, depending on where you are.

Heavy rain did occur, but offshore. Isolated showers have been ongoing over parts of the Little Karoo.

A weak frontal low is developing just to the west of Cape Town. This will bring cooler conditions, and light wintry rain over the Cape Metropole on Mon 22nd and Tues 23rd.

Mixed showery rain may also occur in places. Very messy and unpredictable.
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So the cut off low formed and there are the usual 2 fronts on the way.

Plenty of rain in the Karoo in the Hanover district. 23 mm yesterday with rain all night last night. Place is a mud bath.

Holding thumbs that the rain over CT is good when the fronts make land fall.
 
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Pox said:
Civil engineering company representative was on the radio, said they had looked into this and it would take millions of truck-loads to make a real difference. So realistically impossible.
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yep, (in litres) - 498B litres, 1% is 4.98B, one dump truck does 12m^3 (12000 litres), approx. 415000 loads for a 1% improvement?
(please tear apart if not right)
 
Starting raining a bit earlier, quickly took some buckets outside to catch some for toilet flushing. Unfortunately all I have now are two slightly damp buckets. :(
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
Starting raining a bit earlier, quickly took some buckets outside to catch some for toilet flushing. Unfortunately all I have now are two slightly damp buckets. :(
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:D

Sorry I'm not laughing at the dire situation.
 
Pox said:
Civil engineering company representative was on the radio, said they had looked into this and it would take millions of truck-loads to make a real difference. So realistically impossible.
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Sounds like a lame excuse. The dam is empty... why not just get cracking ?
 
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yep, (in litres) - 498B litres, 1% is 4.98B, one dump truck does 12m^3 (12000 litres), approx. 415000 loads for a 1% improvement?
(please tear apart if not right)
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You'd need to move 10 000 loads in one of these up and out of the dam to increase it's volume by one days capacity.

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Nerfherder said:
Sounds like a lame excuse. The dam is empty... why not just get cracking ?
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Dams rarely (if ever) get excavated because moving that amount of dirt becomes an exercise in madness. Much easier and more cost effective to raise the walls. For comparison, the biggest open air mine managed to create a hole the equivalent of ±4x Theewaterskloof... It's taken well over 100 years to get it that big. So how much do you think can realistically be done in a few months while the dam is empty? On roads that can not handle those big trucks anyway without breaking apart. Heck, the roads can't even fit the trucks required, so you'd have an even bigger logistical nightmare using the "tiny" construction size trucks
 
Nothing worse than watching this cold front sitting on the edge of the coast line......I'm standing at my window willing it closer
 
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