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Gordon_R said:
Brief update on the CoCT dam levels: http://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City research reports and review/damlevels.pdf

Limited total increase of 1.9% to 75.9% during the week to Mon 1st Oct, but Voelvlei continues to be the most astonishing: Up 3.6% to 95.0%, compared to 26.8% in the same week last year!
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It seems rainfall has been good in the northern catchments, especially where all the off-river canals flow into Voelvlei,
Long term average shows 50-100% more rain in sept for Tygerberg, wemmershoek and voelvlei catchments
 
Rocco1 said:
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It seems rainfall has been good in the northern catchments, especially where all the off-river canals flow into Voelvlei,
Long term average shows 50-100% more rain in sept for Tygerberg, wemmershoek and voelvlei catchments
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Yeah, forgot to check the SAWS rainfall figures, although most of the catchment areas are not represented by official weather stations: http://www.weathersa.co.za//media/data/climate/nr_month_rai.pdf

Almost everywhere in the W-Cape was wetter than normal in September (except places such as Oudtshoorn). The monthly average falls sharply after August, so it was not a huge amount of rain, but certainly a good amount flowed into the dams.
 
Gordon_R said:
Yeah, forgot to check the SAWS rainfall figures, although most of the catchment areas are not represented by official weather stations: http://www.weathersa.co.za//media/data/climate/nr_month_rai.pdf

Almost everywhere in the W-Cape was wetter than normal in September (except places such as Oudtshoorn). The monthly average falls sharply after August, so it was not a huge amount of rain, but certainly a good amount flowed into the dams.
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Looks like a dry next two weeks. Last year we got a wet November, not sure we will be that lucky.

Do you know when does the hydrological year end?
I wonder if 76% will be enough for DWS to lift some of the water restrictions especially for farmers.
 
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Supposed to end at the end of October each year? A though the rain trends grapgh seems to suggest that it is end September.
 
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Gordon_R said:
Yeah, forgot to check the SAWS rainfall figures, although most of the catchment areas are not represented by official weather stations: http://www.weathersa.co.za//media/data/climate/nr_month_rai.pdf

Almost everywhere in the W-Cape was wetter than normal in September (except places such as Oudtshoorn). The monthly average falls sharply after August, so it was not a huge amount of rain, but certainly a good amount flowed into the dams.
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This stacks up with SAWS seasonal forecast that the cape peninsula and southern coast would be wetter than normal and the Klein Karoo drier than normal.
 
CT went ahead and relaxed the restrictions before DWS agreed to the relaxation. CT has very little to with the higher process, which would mean relaxing the agricultural restrictions. Let us hope that DWS don't drag their heels and delay that process for much longer.

And why should there be any further relaxation for urban dwellers before the farmers get their share?
 
We should at least get a further reduction to Level 4 at the very least, Level 3 ideally.

This notion that water consumption will drastically increase if water restrictions are eased a bit are nonsense, IMO. The (very) wealthy have their boreholes, water management devices have been installed on high users, some have made permanent behavioral changes, huge increase in tariffs etc.
 
Raining in Hermanus. Installed my water tank yesterday. So fingers crossed it works (I installed a tap at the bottom that ended up needing silicone, so hoping it's sealed properly).
 
Rained quite a lot overnight. Just stopped a few minutes ago.
 
I reckon the Monday weekly report will be the first in ~20 weeks where the 'big six' don't show an uplift. :-(
 
biometrics said:
Raining in Hermanus. Installed my water tank yesterday. So fingers crossed it works (I installed a tap at the bottom that ended up needing silicone, so hoping it's sealed properly).
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Did you put some thread tape on before screwing the tap in?

It usually helps to stop leaks.
 
HeftyCrab said:
Did you put some thread tape on before screwing the tap in?

It usually helps to stop leaks.
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No, didn't think of that, but the hole I drilled doesn't have a thread, so don't think that would have worked. The silicone did the trick. Collected 200L+ in one rain session.
 
biometrics said:
No, didn't think of that, but the hole I drilled doesn't have a thread, so don't think that would have worked. The silicone did the trick. Collected 200L+ in one rain session.
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Why did you drill a hole for the tap? Did the tank not come with built in outlets and inlets?
 
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