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ESTATE NEWS

8. Dams and rivers – The ongoing sewage be approaching all businesses and estates Furthermore, the project started in
spills in our dams over the last few in the area that use the pump station March for Phase 3/game reserve dam, in
years have spoiled our beautiful dams for their contribution towards the cost. which we will be trialling the mechanical
within the estate and created a perfect Additionally, environmentally friendly removal project and its machinery. So far,
environment for the growth of hornwort bacteria treatment continues in dams we have removed twenty tons of material
(the aquatic weed we see in our dams). and rivers to address the ongoing sewage from the upper end of the game reserve
Silver Lakes has two pump stations which inflow. dam.
border our estate, one in Six Fountains
(16th hole) and one in Silver Stream (14th 10. Hornwort removal – During January Before upper-end game reserve
hole). We launched legal action a few and February 2024, the removal of the
years ago to force Tshwane to maintain aquatic weed hornwort that had overrun
the pumps and, as per an AGM held, to numerous dams within the Silver Lakes
stop the municipality from installing a Golf & Wildlife Estate continued, resulting
gravity feed line. in the removal of a further 12 tons of
the aquatic weed from the Clubhouse,
Although this took some time, we saw a Academy, and Dam at the 5th hole. In Current upper-end game reserve
significant success earlier this year when total, we have removed just over forty
the municipality installed new pumps at tons of hornwort. Improvements in the
the Six Fountains pump station, which aesthetics of the dams have drastically
stopped sewage spills from this pump improved.
station.

The municipality did a major service on 11. Security – Safety and security remain
the pumps at Silver Stream; however, top priorities in our estate, so we must
actions were a little too late as the pumps remain proactive with maintenance and
were already damaged. To stop the the latest technology. We have installed
sewage spills occurring in Silver Stream, new software that will automate many
we will have to install new pumps and processes, and this will also coincide with
increase the current sewage line. Once additional traffic control measures we
again, to minimise cost, Tshwane will Before Clubhouse wish to install soon.
provide labour, and once it is finalised, we
will negotiate with the other estates to 12. License plate recognition cameras
recoup the cost. – License plate recognition cameras
installed at the gate are connected to
By stopping the sewage inflows and the national database, allowing us to flag
keeping our dams pristine, we will reduce any vehicles involved in criminal activity.
the nutrients for the hornwort, thus This enhances our proactive security
reducing the growth rate. As a long-term measures.
initiative, we are exploring the benefits of
removing the pump stations and allowing
Tshwane to install gravity feed lines Current Clubhouse
through the estate. We will keep you up
to date in this regard and once we have We have also picked up a new water
more information, we will share it with weed in our dams, water lettuce, which
the members. has only appeared in the game reserve
dam so far. Our teams have focused on 13. Upgrade of Clubhouse camera –
9. Ongoing sewage spills – We have the area and have already removed most Upgrading and installing new cameras
started upgrading the Silver Stream of the problems (just over eight tons). We at the Clubhouse, including facial
pump station, with the project being will monitor this closely to ensure we stop recognition and license plate recognition
finalised at the end of March to reduce/ the problem before it gets out of hand. cameras, will help minimise vandalism
stop sewage inflow into the streams and and enhance security.
dams within Silver Lakes. The project is
progressing well, with the new pumps
that arrived at the end of March. We will

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