The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) is a complex water supply system in the Western Cape region of South Africa, comprising an inter-linked system...
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For farmers who get water from the Western Cape Water Supply System, they are metered and monitored by irrigation boards and water user associations. Many...
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Theewaterskloof Dam (section Water restrictions)
in the Western Cape Water Supply System with a capacity of 480 million cubic metres, about 41% of the water storage capacity available to Cape Town, which...
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important part of the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS), an intricate system of dams and bulk water infrastructure that provides water to more than 3...
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Steenbras Dam (category Buildings and structures in the Western Cape)
near Cape Town in South Africa. It is one of the six large dams that make up the Western Cape Water Supply System. It is owned by the City of Cape Town...
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Water supply and sanitation in South Africa is characterised by both achievements and challenges. After the end of Apartheid South Africa's newly elected...
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storage capacity of the Western Cape Water Supply System which supplies Cape Town and surrounding areas. As early as 1882 the Cape Colony's hydrographic surveyor...
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partnership with Cape Town universities as a chance for international students to gain intercultural understanding. The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS)...
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reservoir in the Western Cape Water Supply System. Water from the reservoir is supplied to water treatment works of the City of Cape Town and the West...
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Palmiet River (category Rivers of the Western Cape)
experiencing winter rainfall and it is important for the Western Cape Water Supply System. It has a small catchment area of 500 km2, flows through the...
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George, South Africa (redirect from George, Western Cape)
George is the second largest city in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre, as well as the administrative...
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Worcester, South Africa (redirect from Langerug, Western Cape)
(/ˈwʊstər/ WUUST-ər) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is the third-largest city in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is located...
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Molteno Dam (redirect from Molteno Dam, Cape Town)
urbanisation in the 20th century meant drawing on the much larger Western Cape Water Supply System. Several unusual incidents have punctuated the dam's long history...
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a salt lake in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. Although historically the water in the lake was visibly pink, as of 2017 it had not...
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Cape Leeuwin water wheel, sometimes called the petrified water wheel, is a non-operating water wheel, near Cape Leeuwin, in the south-west of Western...
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is a list of water companies in the United States. For more information see water supply and sanitation in the United States. Asbury Water Authority Autauga...
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Leeu-Gamka (redirect from Leeu Gamka, Western Cape)
Leeu-Gamka is a small town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located 355 kilometres (221 mi) north-east of Cape Town in the Karoo. The town of...
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Oudtshoorn (redirect from Oudtshoorn, Western Cape)
(/ˈaʊtshɔːrn/, Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈəutsˌɦuərən]) is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located between the Swartberg mountains to...
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Steenbras River (category Rivers of the Western Cape)
supplements Cape Town's electricity supply during periods of peak demand. The dams are part of the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS), which is system of...
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Census showed that Arch Cape had a population of 205. However, according to the 2015 Arch Cape Domestic Water Supply District Water Management and Conservation...
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Laingsburg, South Africa (redirect from Goldnerville, Western Cape)
Laingsburg (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈlainzbœrχ]) is a town located in the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is a relatively large agricultural town...
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increase portable water supply. RWH is an option which has historically been adopted in areas where conventional water supply systems have failed to meet...
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Although access to water supply and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa has been steadily improving over the last two decades, the region still lags behind...
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Water Boards play a key role in the South African water sector. They operate dams, bulk water supply infrastructure, some retail infrastructure and some...
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Mullins (May 2011). "Grahamstown's Water Supply: a brief history from 1812 to 2008" (PDF). Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums. 7. Albany Museum. Retrieved...
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Rainwater tank (redirect from Rain water tank)
domestic water supply system. The solution is to monitor stored rainwater with swimming pool strips, cheap and available at swimming pool supply outlets...
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Koeberg Nuclear Power Station (category Buildings and structures in the Western Cape)
transmission busbar caused the reactor to go into safe mode, cutting supply to most of the Western Cape for about two hours. On 16 November a fire under a 400 kV...
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Agulhas current do not meet off the Cape of Good Hope (see diagram on the right, above), but there is a body of water off the South African south coast...
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Flush toilet (redirect from Water closet)
or 3⁄8 inch) water pipes which cannot supply water quickly enough to flush the toilet; the tank is needed to supply a large volume of water in a short time...
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the western part of Sudan, where water scarcity is common. Due to recent population growth, there is an increased pressure on urban water supply sources...
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