Plett water supply under threat
Plettenberg Bay’s water supply is under severe threat due to the rampant spread of alien vegetation in the Keurbooms River catchment area, an area critical to the continued water supply to some 42 290 Plett inhabitants.
According to research conducted by the Eden to Addo Corridor Initiative (E2A), projections indicate that if nothing is done to curb the spread of these thirsty invaders by 2025 the Keurbooms stream flow will have dwindled to a trickle.
E2A has a project planned to restore the Keurbooms River Catchment area to its natural state by clearing 2 000 hectares of invasive alien vegetation in the mountains and hills behind Plett.
Read more in tomorrow’s Knysna-Plett Herald, and online.
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Source: Knysna-Plett Herald
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