Anyone else experiencing water pressure problems again?

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Well i never Mike V .... it was actually meant as a compliment to you old timers 

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

WATER SUPPLY TO ORANJEMUND TOWN AND TOWNLANDS

We are experiencing water supply problems to the abovementioned area.  The inflow into the systems is less than the outflow causing reservoir levels to drop during the day.  If this is not managed it will result in reservoirs running empty.  To mitigate this the town booster pumps are stopped during the hours of 23h00 and 03h00 to enable the water level in the town reservoir to increase sufficiently for daytime consumption.  Should this not be done and the reservoir levels run too low, the risk of running out of water due to power or equipment failures will result in town having no water.

A plan is in place to ensure a permanent solution for the future and will take some time to implement.  Please use water wisely - especially in your gardens.

Joos Lombaard
Property Administration Manager

[Michael Alexander]

Thanks for that Adriaan..... Communication....

[Charles Scheepers]

Mnr. Henry Coetzee, burgemeester van Oranjemund.

Die begroting is reeds ingedien om die wiele aan die rol te kry vir die talle projekte wat vir Namibië se nuutste dorp beplan word.

Sakemoontlikhede is ook reeds bespreek en 480 nuwe woon- en 20 nuwe sake-erwe is reeds uitgesit.

Die nuwe erwe is aan die kant van die mynhek en sal veral gebruik word om lae-inkomste huise te bou. Oranjemund sal ook, sou die begroting goedgekeur word, met 'n nuwe rioolstelsel en 'n nuwe elektrisiteitstoevoerstelsel spog.

Dit is van die goeie nuus wat Oranjemund se burgemeester, mnr. Henry Coetzee, vir inwoners het.

"Ons weet behuising is 'n probleem, maar op die oomblik verhoed die bestaande wetgewing op plaaslike owerhede die oordrag van erwe van die myn na die dorpsraad. Dis iets waaraan ons werk," het Coetzee gesê.

Intussen probeer hy eers 'n plan maak met die verbod wat die Paaie-owerheid op swaarvoertuie op die pad tussen Rosh Pinah en Oranjemund ingestel het.

Die verbod geld op alle vragmotors wat langer as 12 m is of meer as 20 ton weeg en verhoed karweiersom sekere produkte op Oranjemund af te lewer. Dit maak iets soos braaihout moeiliker bekombaar.

"Maar vir die res sal Namdeb eers sorg dat die dorpsraad die dienste op die dorp kan oorneem. Ons as raad is gelukkig om 'n dorp met infrastruktuur te kry wat sonder skuld is," sê hy.

Wat die begroting betref, sal die meeste geld glo vir die oprigting van bykomende infrastruktuur gebruik word. En vir die planne wat hy en sy bestuur het, gaan geld baie belangrik wees.

Coetzee sê byvoorbeeld dat gekyk moet word na die oprigting van 'n diamantverwerkingsaanleg. "Ons sit met die produk hier, hoekom kan ons dit nie verwerk nie?"

Ander groot planne is akwakultuur, akkerbou, 'n waterkantontwikkeling, 'n karavaanpark en ontwikkeling van die toerismebedryf.

"Lüderitz se burgemeester was hier en ons het gekyk hoe ons toerisme saam kan verbeter. Dit kan 'n baie groot rol in die omgewing speel en tot almal se voordeel strek," het hy opgewonde gesê oor die moontlikhede wat vir die dorp voorlê.

"Plaaslike ekonomiese ontwikkeling moet tot voordeel van die mense strek. As verantwoordelike leiers moet ons toesien dat die dorp se voortbestaan verseker word."

Daarom het Coetzee en sy bestuur al verskeie moontlike beleggers op die dorp ontvang, insluitend bekende winkelgroepe en 'n moontlike handelaar in die boubedryf. Intussen het 'n afvaardiging van die Ministerie van Handel en Nywerheid ook by die dorpsraad aangeklop om na die oprigting van 'n ope mark te kyk.

Nog 'n vooruitsig waaroor Coetzee baie opgewonde is, is die bouwerk aan 'n staatskool wat in volgende jaar sal begin. "Die belangrikste is egter om 'n dorp te ontwikkel sonder te veel koolstofbesoedeling - 'n dorp wat nie 'n koolstofspoor sal laat nie."



That said.......where is the water going to come from???
Rain, God....Spar? If this is the beginning, I don't want to be here to see the end..
HIER SAL NIE 'n VOET-SPOOR OORBLY NIE, nevermind carbon print!!!!!

[Michael Alexander]

Is a n "waterkantontwikkeling" A waterfront????    

[Charles Scheepers]

Must be. But with the lack of H2O, I don't know
Drinking Whishy with sea water will be hell......

[Charles Scheepers]

This is a snippet from oom Joos Lombaard's email.

"To mitigate this the town booster pumps are stopped during the hours of 23h00 and 03h00 to enable the water level in the town reservoir to increase sufficiently for daytime consumption."

I think it's time for a new watch, TV, PC, GPS, kitchen clock................... 

[Alfred Boehme]

Is a n "waterkantontwikkeling" A waterfront????   

"A Water Side Development"

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

come on guys, at least then we can go fishing without using 4 wheel drives

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Another thing,what is that demarcated stones on the left side of the road as you leave town ,surely they are not going to build low cost houses there?

[Michael Alexander]

A bird whispered in my ear that the pumps arrived, but they were the wrong ones.... anyone?

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

Why does that not surprise me Mike A................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andrew Darné]

Thank you Mike V... I've been trying to tell how many people that the current water consuming inhabitants of Oranjemund can possibly exceed the population of the 80's and early 90's...
You and I both know what the infrastructure was like back then and how it ran. Then again back then Joe Soap and Piet Pompies and Festus Rustus all did their loyal share of reporting irregularities with the infrastructure. How many "springs' have I noticed in the town that sprout grass and almost reeds too before being brought to the attention of the relevant repairmen.

I now have the call centre number on speed dial... to report the springs...

@Mike A. Dude, you don't want to know what a bitch it is trying to catch a shower after a call out in the middle of the night and their aint any water pressure.

There are numerous self help solutions out there but at a price that nobody wants to pay for on property that isn't theirs.

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Message to whoever controls the water. i have just about had enough of waterless showers,will you please change the times to 08h00 --- 10 hoo so that some one else can complain for a change,maybe if some of the high BRASS in this town have a nice waterless shower,then maybe something will change.... .....of course the idiots who water the grass in town 7 days a week must be congratulated for destroying our lovely town   .

[Michael Alexander]

Three of my neighbours are on leave already, our water pressure is rocking so much so that I can haul out the phssst phsst sprayer......