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patensie Gamtoos Water @patensie ·
31 Oct

A windy warm Friday on the last day of our water year in the valley.
May you find the fortune at the end of your rainbow this weekend.

Louwrens Bezuidenhout, thank you for a magnificent photo!

Kouga dam 64.91%

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patensie Gamtoos Water @patensie ·
16 Sep

A beautiful photo received from Louwrens Bezuidenhout from the D-canal side of the valley. This is near Patensie.

Kouga dam 72.29%
Loerie dam 75.47%
The Metro abstracted 71Ml yesterday.
Churchill dam 72.05%
Impofu dam 48.79%

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patensie Gamtoos Water @patensie ·
5 Sep

My people! They make me laugh. Not difficult to see why! Have a lekker weekend!

Kouga dam 73.57%
Loerie dam 81.07%
The Metro abstracted 70Ml
26Ml was released into Loerie
Churchill dam 73.81%
Impofu dam 49.29%

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patensie Gamtoos Water @patensie ·
20 Aug 2025

Work on K-canal.

Kouga dam 75.39%
Loerie dam 83.59%
The Metro abstracted 53Ml yesterday.
38Ml was released into Loerie dam.
Churchill dam 75.91%
Impofu dam 49.90%

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3 days ago

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WE ARE NOT ALONE....... WHAT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GAMTOOS, AS THE DAM OPERATOR ON THE 7TH OF MAY?A catagory 3 dam, such as Kouga has an EPP (Emergency Preparedness Plan), which is executed the moment there is a reasonable expectation of flooding.This plan was excecuted on the 7th of May. One of the main responsibilities was to inform the custodian of the dam, DWS. Regional and national DWS were informed on an hourly basis untill the volume in the system started to decrease and the risk was down graded to an acceptable level.All local authorities were informed and a Joint Operational Committee was established by Kouga Municipality.ONS IS NIE ALLEEN NIE...... WAT WAS GAMTOOS WATER SE VERANTWOORDELIKHEID AS DAMOPERATEUR OP DIE 7ND MEI?'n Kategorie 3 dam soos Kouga het 'n noodplan. Die oomblik as daar 'n vermoede is van 'n vloed, kom dit inwerking.Hierdie plan is uitgevoer van die oomblik toe ons bewus geword het dat die dam oorloop. Die belangrikste party, DWS is in kennis gestel en daar is op 'n uurlikse basis met hulle gekommunikeer tot die water begin sak het en die risiko minder was.Kouga Munisipaliteit, as ons plaaslike owerheid, het 'n komitee gevorm om die risiko van lewensverlies te handteer.Kouga dam 100.40%, spilling at 5 980 litre per second.Groot rivier weir is running at 2 590 litre per second.Loerie dam 74.8%.22Ml was released into Loerie 67Ml was abstracted ... See MoreSee Less

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6 days ago

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We are reposting this photo taken by Edwill Moore on the 12th of May of the Condomo weir. In the next few posts we will share relevant information. You will see the 2026 flood line indicated on the structure.The Department of Water and Sanitation are the custodians of Kouga dam. Gamtoos Water is the operator for DWS. There are three loggers informing DWS and GW of water levels. We all have access to a platform where we obtain this information.The weirs were built and are maintained by DWS. We assist with the maintenance. They are: Stuurmanskraal, Condomo and Kouga dam wall. Measuring weirs need to conform to certain criteria. Water from the Suurveld and Baviaans are only measured at the dam wall. The level of the Condomo weir was 3 meters higher than the measuring plates during the May floods. That is extraordinary. DWS replaced the logger by 12 May.Kouga dam 100.44%, running at 7 000 litre per second.Groot rivier weir running at 2 920 litre per second. ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

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This is the measuring weir at Stuurmanskraal, 70km from the Kouga damwall. The photo's were taken at the beginning of June after the flood. Stuurmans was not built for a 1 in 200 year flood.The maximum it was surveyed for is 2900 cumec. It is estimated that 4000 cumec passed on the 7th of May.The bottom right hand photo indicate how much higher the last flood was in comparison the the previous highest mark.The Department will move the structure out of the flood plain and resurvey the area (which means that it will enable us to read higher volumes passing through the weir), in the next two years.Kouga dam 100.89%, spilling at 20 000 litre per second Loerie dam 78.18%The Metro abstracted 78Ml24Ml was released into Loerie damGroot rivier weir 4.49 cumecBeervlei dam 101.64%, spilling at 1 380 litre per second ... See MoreSee Less

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