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Rivers are running, farmers are smiling and there is a good inflow into the dams
Dirk Heinrich
The Seeis and Nossob Rivers,east of Windhoek are carrying water, the Schaaf River east of Rehoboth is running and the Tsauchab River south of the Naukluft Mountains in the south of the country is blocking traffic and the Zebra River is also in flood.
Sedan vehicles will not be able to use the D850 but 4x4s will be able to get through. The Fish River is also in flood near Kalkrand. These are some of the reports we received from farmers, together with their rainfall figures of the last 24 hours ending 8:00 this morning, 10 February 2017.
Some of the dams in the country had some welcomed inflow since Monday this week. NamWater announced that the Von Bach Dam received over 5,003 million cubic metres of water and that the dam level rose from 15,8 percentage to 26,2 % this morning.
The Swakoppoort is still on 5,7 % of full capacity, meaning no inflow was recorded. The Omatako Dam received 0,872 million/m³ and now stands at 5,3 %. From 23,0% to 26,1% was the level increase of the Friedenau Dam, west of Windhoek. This dam is not connected to the Windhoek water supply.
The Naute Dam in the south near Keetmanshoop rose from 76,7 % to 83,8 % after nearly 5 million/m³ reached the dam. The Oanob Dam near Rehoboth got an inflow of 4,5 million/m³ and now stands at 40,9 % (Monday: 27,6 %).
Most of the water in the last four days flowed into Namibia’s biggest dam, the Hardap Dam at Mariental. More than 8,6 million/m³ were brought from the catchment area by the Fish River into the Hardap Dam and the level rose from 38,2 % to 41,2 % this morning. NamWater informed that still 34 cubic meters per second are reaching the dam.
From the Paradise Rest Camp 80 kilometres north of Grootfontein the news came, that the pan is filling up with water coming with the Omuramba from Maroela boom and Nukuwis. 2500 hectare of 5000 hectare is under water already.
The Camping spot is like a peninsula and if Marina and Christo Wilhelm want to go home, they have to use a boat to cross the 3km from the Rest Camp to their home.
Since the beginning of the rainy season they had 430 millimetres of rain.
The farm Okatjosonjieva near Steinhausen had rain for the whole week. Between 6 mm and 20 mm of rain was recorded each day.
The following rainfall figures were received for the period Thursday 8:00 until Friday morning 8:00 hours:
Windhoek:
Aris (South of Windhoek) 33 mm
Eros, Outeniquastr. 25 mm
Harmony Mountain Village 28 mm
Klein Windhoek 28 mm
Near Kappsfarm 40 mm
Out of Nature
(South of Windhoek) 35 mm
Suiderhof 40 mm
Windhoek Wes 29mm
Elesenheim 37mm
Other parts of the country:
Ankerplatz (near Gamsberg) 40mm
Cowdray (Uhlenhorst) 62 mm
Dabis Guestfarm (Helmeringhausen) 48 mm
Silversaand (Seeis) 23 mm
Tsauchab River Camping (Naukluft) 15 - 20 mm
Zebra River Lodge (near Naukluft) 32 mm
Wiese (East of Rehoboth) 70 -79 mm
The Tsauchab River, near Tsauchab River Camping, south of the Naukluft mountains this morning.
Rivers are running, farmers are smiling and there is a good inflow into the dams
Dirk Heinrich
The Seeis and Nossob Rivers,east of Windhoek are carrying water, the Schaaf River east of Rehoboth is running and the Tsauchab River south of the Naukluft Mountains in the south of the country is blocking traffic and the Zebra River is also in flood.
Sedan vehicles will not be able to use the D850 but 4x4s will be able to get through. The Fish River is also in flood near Kalkrand. These are some of the reports we received from farmers, together with their rainfall figures of the last 24 hours ending 8:00 this morning, 10 February 2017.
Some of the dams in the country had some welcomed inflow since Monday this week. NamWater announced that the Von Bach Dam received over 5,003 million cubic metres of water and that the dam level rose from 15,8 percentage to 26,2 % this morning.
The Swakoppoort is still on 5,7 % of full capacity, meaning no inflow was recorded. The Omatako Dam received 0,872 million/m³ and now stands at 5,3 %. From 23,0% to 26,1% was the level increase of the Friedenau Dam, west of Windhoek. This dam is not connected to the Windhoek water supply.
The Naute Dam in the south near Keetmanshoop rose from 76,7 % to 83,8 % after nearly 5 million/m³ reached the dam. The Oanob Dam near Rehoboth got an inflow of 4,5 million/m³ and now stands at 40,9 % (Monday: 27,6 %).
Most of the water in the last four days flowed into Namibia’s biggest dam, the Hardap Dam at Mariental. More than 8,6 million/m³ were brought from the catchment area by the Fish River into the Hardap Dam and the level rose from 38,2 % to 41,2 % this morning. NamWater informed that still 34 cubic meters per second are reaching the dam.
From the Paradise Rest Camp 80 kilometres north of Grootfontein the news came, that the pan is filling up with water coming with the Omuramba from Maroela boom and Nukuwis. 2500 hectare of 5000 hectare is under water already.
The Camping spot is like a peninsula and if Marina and Christo Wilhelm want to go home, they have to use a boat to cross the 3km from the Rest Camp to their home.
Since the beginning of the rainy season they had 430 millimetres of rain.
The farm Okatjosonjieva near Steinhausen had rain for the whole week. Between 6 mm and 20 mm of rain was recorded each day.
The following rainfall figures were received for the period Thursday 8:00 until Friday morning 8:00 hours:
Windhoek:
Aris (South of Windhoek) 33 mm
Eros, Outeniquastr. 25 mm
Harmony Mountain Village 28 mm
Klein Windhoek 28 mm
Near Kappsfarm 40 mm
Out of Nature
(South of Windhoek) 35 mm
Suiderhof 40 mm
Windhoek Wes 29mm
Elesenheim 37mm
Other parts of the country:
Ankerplatz (near Gamsberg) 40mm
Cowdray (Uhlenhorst) 62 mm
Dabis Guestfarm (Helmeringhausen) 48 mm
Silversaand (Seeis) 23 mm
Tsauchab River Camping (Naukluft) 15 - 20 mm
Zebra River Lodge (near Naukluft) 32 mm
Wiese (East of Rehoboth) 70 -79 mm
The Tsauchab River, near Tsauchab River Camping, south of the Naukluft mountains this morning.
