Umasipala wase-Prince Albert ubungaza ithimba lethu eliphethe amanzi ngokuziqhenya, ngokuthola umklomelo wokuqala wokwethulwa kwephosta okungcono kakhulu kochwepheshe besayensi eNgqungqutheleni Ye-12 Yamazwe Ngamazwe Yokushajwa Kwe-Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR12). U-Jan Myburgh ovela kwa-AGES wethula iphosta eNgqungqutheleni eyayibanjelwe eStellenbosch kusukela mhla zingama-28 kuMbasa kuya kumhla zi-2 kuNhlaba wezi-2025, lapho izithunywa eziyi-170 ezivela emazweni angama-30 zazihlangene ngaphansi kwendikimba ethi “Kusuka Emcabangweni kuya Ekuqalisweni Nokusetshenzwa.” Isekelwa i-IAH, i-ASCE, kanye ne-UNESCO, i-ISMAR12 igqamise indlela yethu emisha yokuvikeleka kwamanzi.
Iphosta (efakwe ekhasini elilandelayo) ikhombisa inqubekelaphambili yamanje mayelana nephrojekthi ephethwe i-Prince Albert yokuphathwa kabusha kwe-aquifer recharge (MAR), ngoxhaso oluvela eMnyangweni Wohulumeni Wasekhaya WaseNtshonalanga Kapa (i-DLG), olwakhelwe phezu kocwaningo lwangowezi-2007–2010 olwenziwe yi-Groundwater Africa kanye noMnyango Wezamanzi Nokuthuthwa Kwendle. Ithimba lalungisa amaboreholes omjovo, lafaka umjovo kanye nempahla yokuqapha futhi lakha umsele ongashoni ukuze ukwazi ukushajwa kabusha ama-aquifer angashoni najulile eduze komfula i-Dorps River ngezikhathi zokutholakala kwamanzi ngokweqile.
Ukuhlolwa komjovo wokulinganisa iDemo kwenziwa, nezivivinyo ezandisiwe ezihlelelwe inkathi eyomile ukuze kuhlolwe amazinga omjovo wesikhathi eside esimeme. Njengamanje, ngokubambisana nonjiniyela bezokwakha be-SMEC, ithimba liphinde liphenye ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukugcinwa kwezakhiwo ezigcina izikhukhula, amadamu okuhlola, indawo yokungenisa izihambi unomphela kanye nedamu elingase ligcinwe ngaphandle kwamashaneli e-Dorps River floodplain, ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuvikeleka kwamanzi aluhlaza esikhathini esizayo.
Lokhu kuhlonishwa kugcizelela ukubambisana kukamasipala ne-DLG, iKweekvallei Water Users Association kanye nomphakathi wethu, ekuhlinzekeni amanzi esimeme kwezolimo nezakhamuzi. Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngeqembu ngokwethula umbono wethu esabelana ngawo kanye nabahleli bethu abazinikele, onjiniyela, kanye nababambiqhaza – abasebenzisana nabo okuhambisana nemikhuba emihle yomhlaba wonke kuyilapho kulondolozwa isimilo esiyingqayizivele sika-Prince Albert. Njengoba siphishekela ukugunyazwa futhi silungisa ingqalasizinda, ukuzibophezela kwethu ngokuhlanganyela kusibeka njengesibani sokusimama, siqinisekise ikusasa ledolobha lethu elikwazi ukumelana namanzi.
