UMasipala wasePrince Albert ngokuzingca uvuyisana neqela lethu lolawulo lwamanzi, ngokuzingca ngebhaso lokuqala lolona mboniso lubalaseleyo lwepowusta ukwenzela ingcali yenzululwazi kwiSimpoziyam yaMazwe ngaMazwe ye-12 yokuTshajwa ngokutsha kwe-Akhwifa eLawulwayo (ISMAR12). U-Jan Myburgh osuka kwi-AGES uye wanikezela ngepowusta kwiNgqungquthela eyayibanjelwe eStellenbosch ukusuka ngomhla wama-28 kuTshazimpuzi ukuya kowesi-2 kuMeyi ka-2025, apho abathunywa abali-170 abavela kumazwe angama-30 babehlanganisene phantsi komxholo othi “Ukusuka kwiThiyori ukuya ekuPhumezweni nasekuSebenziseni.” Ixhaswa yi-IAH, i-ASCE, kunye ne-UNESCO, i-ISMAR12 ibonise indlela yethu entsha yokukhusela amanzi.
Ipowusta (ebandakanyiweyo kweli phepha lilandelayo) ibonisa inkqubela ekhoyo ngoku kwiprojekthi yePrince Albert elawulwa yi-aquifer recharge (MAR), ngenkxaso-mali evela kwiSebe loRhulumente weNgingqi leNtshona Koloni (i-DLG), eyakhiwe kuphando luka-2007–2010 olwenziwe yi-Grownwater Africa kunye neSebe lezaManzi noGutyulo. Iqela lihlaziye imingxuma etsala isitofu, lafakela isitofu kunye nesixhobo sokuhlola laza laphuhlisa umsele ongekho nzulu ukuze ukwazi ukutshaja amaleko amanzi amdaka angekho nzulu nasecaleni kweDorps River ngexesha lokufumaneka kwamanzi angaphezulu komhlaba.
Uvavanyo lwenaliti yokulinganisa olufutshane lwenziwa, kunye nolingo olwandisiweyo olucwangciselwe ixesha elomileyo lokuhlola amazinga enaliti yexesha elide azinzileyo. Ngoku, ngentsebenziswano neenjineli zakwa-SMEC zasekuhlaleni, eli qela likwaphanda ukuba nokwenzeka kogcino lwezakhiwo zezandyondyo, amadama okuhlola, indawo yokungena esisigxina kunye nedama elinokubakho lokugcina elingekho kumjelo kwithafa lezandyondyo i-Dorps River, ukomeleza ukhuseleko lwamanzi akrwada kwixesha elizayo.
Eli wonga ligxininisa intsebenziswano kamasipala neDLG, iKweekvallei Water Users Association kunye noluntu lwethu, malunga nonikezelo lwamanzi oluzinzileyo kwezolimo nakubahlali. Siyazingca kakhulu ngeqela ngokunikezela ngombono wethu ekwabelwana ngawo kunye nabacwangcisi bethu abazinikeleyo, iinjineli, kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba - abo intsebenziswano yabo ihambelana nezona nkqubo zibalaseleyo zehlabathi ngelixa sigcina isimilo esisodwa sikaPrince Albert. Njengoko silandela izigunyaziso kunye nokuphucula iziseko ezingundoqo, ukuzibophelela kwethu ngokuhlangeneyo kusibeka njengesibane sozinzo, sikhusela ikamva elikwaziyo ukumelana namanzi edolophu yethu.
