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The slow death of our dams…
No water... that is the fact of the matter...
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Remember that the water will cut off from 10am today as uThukela Water carries out urgent maintenance work on the Tayside pump station.
While the pump may work better after the work is completed, the truth of the matter is that there is no water.
Donald McHardy is less than 15% full yet fishing is continuing without control and fishermen reported this week that people are literally driving into the dam and scooping up dead or dying fish.
Tom Worthing dam, Hattingspruit, has dropped alarmingly and with no rain expected until late August, residents are in for a rough, waterless ride…