News and Media

WATER SITUATION MUCH IMPROVED BUT NOT SAFE YET
The 167 mm of rain that fell in the catchment area of the Wolwedans Dam recently has resulted in the level of the dam rising to 27 per cent by Wednesday, 27 October 2010, after it was as low as 14,6 per cent two weeks ago. At the time of going to press water was still flowing into the dam.. Read More...

MOSSEL BAY GETS R92 MILLION FOR WATER PROJECT
The announcement today (27 October 2010) in the Minister of Finance’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement that Mossel Bay will receive R92 million from the National Treasury for the seawater desalination plant is wonderful news and will ease the pressure on the Municipality’s 2010/2011 capital budget, says Dr Michele Gratz, Municipal Manager of Mossel Bay. . Read More...

TECHNICAL SERVICES NOW UNDER ONE ROOF
The technical services of the Mossel Bay Municipality have been amalgamated into a new Directorate of Technical Services under Mr Dick Naidoo and all managerial and administrative personnel of the Directorate are now based in the Municipality’s old Health and Traffic buildings in George Road and Rudie Barnard Street respectively, according to a statement issued by the Municipality.. Read More...

WATER PROJECT KICKS IN
The project to utilise the water from the Hartebeeskuil Dam near Hartenbos started delivering the first water from the dam into the municipal water supply network earlier this week. The project will add three megalitres of water a day to the Mossel Bay Municipality’s water supply to help it maintain the supply of water to residents should the Wolwedans Dam run empty.. Read More...

MUNICIPALITY CHALLENGES LAW ON PARKING FOR DISABLED
The Mossel Bay Municipality has officially objected to the new National Road Traffic Regulation, which stipulates that only a disabled person in possession of a driver’s licence can qualify for a permit to park in reserved parking and that the disabled person must be the driver of the vehicle.. Read More...

ALIEN VEGETATION TO BE CLEARED FOR MORE WATER
A R2,3-million project as a first phase to eventually rid the catchment area of the Moordkuils River from alien vegetation and in doing so increase the availability of water from the river is due to commence in the vicinity of Little Brak River towards the end of October 2010.. Read More...

PROGRESS MADE WITH BOREHOLE PROJECT
Good progress is being made with the borehole project to augment the Mossel Bay Municipality’s water supply. The yield to date is three million litres of water a day.. Read More...

PILING OPERATION WILL RESULT IN NOISE AT COFFERDAM CONSTRUCTION SITE
There will be a fair amount of noise emanating from the cofferdam site at Voorbaai until approximately the end of October 2010 and, after a break of two to three weeks, for another three weeks, according to a statement issued by the Municipality of Mossel Bay. . Read More...

CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRIBUTES TO RELOCATION OF BEACH CAR PARKS
The Mossel Bay Town Council at its monthly meeting yesterday (Monday, 20 September 2010) gave approval for the relocation further inland of four beach car parks at Dana Bay and Reebok respectively as a longer term strategy to protect the car parks from the effects of beach erosion. . Read More...

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DESALINATION PLANT RECEIVES SPECIAL ATTENTION
In response to concerns that have been expressed about the possible environmental impact of the brine that will be discharged from the seawater desalination plant at Voorbaai into the sea, the Mossel Bay Municipality says that careful consideration has been given to the present proposed location of the brine outlet 460 metres from the beach under the sea. . Read More...