{"id":6389,"date":"2014-12-17T14:19:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T14:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umhlangauip.co.za\/site\/?p=6389"},"modified":"2024-10-22T20:35:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T18:35:28","slug":"appeal-to-conserve-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umhlangauip.co.za\/site\/appeal-to-conserve-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal To Conserve Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The dwindling level at Hazelmere Dam is of utmost concern. The levels are approaching the 39 percent and of this 14 percent is not usable as it is in the mud at the bottom of the dam.<br \/>\nHazelmere supplies parts of uMhlanga, Verulam and all suburbs going north.<\/p>\n<p>Water is being diverted from the main Umgeni system, but there is only so much that can be diverted. Should water consumption not be moderated as a matter of urgency, we could be faced with water cuts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The collective efforts by the community are required, so please play your part.<br \/>\n<\/strong><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/umhlangauip.co.za\/wpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/conserving-water.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-559\" src=\"https:\/\/umhlangauip.co.za\/wpnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/conserving-water.jpg\" alt=\"conserving-water\" width=\"550\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dwindling level at Hazelmere Dam is of utmost concern. The levels are approaching the 39 percent and of this 14 percent is not usable as it is in the mud at the bottom of the dam. Hazelmere supplies parts of uMhlanga, Verulam and all suburbs going north. Water is being diverted from the main&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Appeal To Conserve Water - uMhlanga UIP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/umhlangauip.co.za\/site\/appeal-to-conserve-water\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Appeal To Conserve Water - uMhlanga UIP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The dwindling level at Hazelmere Dam is of utmost concern. 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