Deluge of clean water lost as reservoir overflows
Tens of millions of litres of clean water en route to Nelson Mandela Bay are being lost every month from the Nooitgedacht supply system.
The water overflows from the small Grassridge Reservoir into a 1.2m spill pipe, runs for 200m underground and then plumes out into the veld, forming a torrent 150m wide and several metres deep...
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