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dam-l SA's Skuifraam dam/LS
>Dam will boost Cape water supply
>Louise Cook
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>THE new R620m Skuifraam Dam to be built in the vicinity of Franschhoek and
>Paarl in the Western Cape will add a yield of 56-million cubic metres a year
>to the current water supply system for Cape Town and surrounding areas.
>Unlike past practices of simply building dams when water was needed, the
>building of the Skuifraam Dam was closely linked to resource demand
>management strategies, water affairs and forestry director Babs Naidoo said
>yesterday.
>"There comes a time when you have to build a dam, but it has to be subject
>to further conservation policies to ensure the proper management of the
>resource," she said.
>Construction of the dam as well as the Skuifraam supplement scheme on the
>upper Berg River would go ahead in two to three years' time.
>Water conservation and demand management schemes linked to the building of
>the dam include the clearing of invasive alien vegetation and the
>establishment of a dedicated water-demand management unit by the Cape
>Metropolitan Council.
>Also due to receive attention would be repairing leaks, improving metering
>and removing wasteful plumbing fixtures, the department said. Organised
>agriculture would also be consulted with a view to promoting more efficient
>water usage in the province.
>The planned Skuifraam Dam will be located on the upper Berg River in the La
>Motte forest, about 5km west of Franschhoek.
>The dam will be linked to the Theewaterskloof Dam via the Riviersonderend
>tunnel system.
>http://www.bday.co.za/99/0615/news/n22.htm
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Lori Pottinger, Director, Southern Africa Program,
and Editor, World Rivers Review
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94703, USA
Tel. (510) 848 1155 Fax (510) 848 1008
http://www.irn.org
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