Algoa Water Supply Area reconciliation strategy study and NMBM's drought emergency measures

摘要

In 2008 the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) appointed Aurecon and Afri-Coast Engineers to develop a reconciliation strategy for ensuring a sustainable future water supply for Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) and for the other towns and the irrigators served by the Algoa Water Supply System (AWSS). The reconciliation strategy was invaluable to NMBM for selecting emergency drought interventions to mitigate the effects of the severe drought of 2009/2010, which had a recurrence interval of between 1 in 50 and 1 in 100 years.