[OSGeo Africa] Rainfall Data for the Western Cape

Dean Ollis dean.ollis at gmail.com
Fri Feb 9 02:03:16 PST 2018


Hi, Immo

Apparently SAWS will provide their data free of charge if it is not for 
commercial purposes. So it may be worth sending them a motivation 
explaining what you intend to use the data for or, better yet, get 
someone from the W-Cape Govt to request the data from them.

I know someone who has obtained rainfall data from SAWS for research 
purposes free of charge.

Hope this helps...

Dean

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Dean Ollis
Freshwater Research Centre
Kommetjie, Cape Town
CELL: 072 377 7006


On 09/02/2018 11:35, Immo Blecher wrote:
>
> Good Morning,
>
> I am busy compiling a database for the Western Cape Government Water 
> Continuity project (groundwater supply mainly to hospitals etc.), 
> which involves the capture of new borehole data, combined with 
> existing data from the National Groundwater Archive and meteorological 
> data, e.g. rainfall etc.
>
> I have downloaded the .kmz file from the SAWS, which lists the 33 
> stations below and on which they are reporting regularly. Does anybody 
> have the rainfall records for these stations, preferably as far back 
> as possible.
>
> I believe the SAWS charges about R8000 per station for a period of 15 
> years or so, but for a crisis project like this one it should actually 
> be free to obtain, especially as it is for a Government Project! Any 
> other ideas where to get the rainfall data?
>
> wkt_geom    OGC_FID    name    description    begin    end number
> PointZ (21.28000000000000114 -33.5 0)    1    Ladismith Ladismith - 
> 0046480 6            0046480 6
> PointZ (20.01000000000000156 -34.82999999999999829 0)    2 Cape 
> Agulhas    Cape Agulhas - 0003020 4            0003020 4
> PointZ (18.32000000000000028 -34.14999999999999858 0)    3 Cape Town 
> Slangkop    Cape Town Slangkop - 0004549 2 0004549 2
> PointZ (18.85000000000000142 -34.14000000000000057 0)    4 Strand    
> Strand - 0005609 8            0005609 8
> PointZ (19.01999999999999957 -34.14000000000000057 0)    5 Elgin Exp 
> Farm    Elgin Exp Farm - 0006038 5            0006038 5
> PointZ (17.85999999999999943 -32.82999999999999829 0)    6 Cape 
> Columbine    Cape Columbine - 0060620 9            0060620 9
> PointZ (19.21999999999999886 -34.42999999999999972 0)    7 Hermanus 
>     Hermanus - 0006386A7            0006386A7
> PointZ (18.16000000000000014 -32.96999999999999886 0)    8 
> Langebaanweg Aws    Langebaanweg Aws - 0061298 8 0061298 8
> PointZ (19.89999999999999858 -34.14999999999999858 0)    9 
> Tygerhoek    Tygerhoek - 0007699A0            0007699A0
> PointZ (19.42999999999999972 -32.96000000000000085 0)    10 Excelsior 
> Ceres    Excelsior Ceres - 0063807 2 0063807 2
> PointZ (21.25 -34.10000000000000142 0)    11    Riversdale Riversdale 
> - 0010426 8            0010426 8
> PointZ (21.39999999999999858 -34.36999999999999744 0)    12 Stilbaai 
>     Stilbaai - 0010682 0            0010682 0
> PointZ (22.12999999999999901 -34.18999999999999773 0)    13 
> Mosselbay    Mosselbay - 0012221 5            0012221 5
> PointZ (22.37999999999999901 -34.02000000000000313 0)    14 George 
> Wo    George Wo - 0012661 7            0012661 7
> PointZ (18.32999999999999829 -32.03000000000000114 0)    15 
> Lambertsbaai Nortier    Lambertsbaai Nortier - 0083572 8     0083572 8
> PointZ (23.08999999999999986 -34.06000000000000227 0)    16 Knysna    
> Knysna - 0014123 3            0014123 3
> PointZ (18.87999999999999901 -32.17999999999999972 0)    17 
> Clanwilliam    Clanwilliam - 0084671 0            0084671 0
> PointZ (23.32999999999999829 -34.09000000000000341 0)    18 
> Plettenbergbaai    Plettenbergbaai - 0014545 4 0014545 4
> PointZ (22.57999999999999829 -32.35999999999999943 0)    19 
> Beaufort-Wes    Beaufort-Wes - 0092081 5            0092081 5
> PointZ (18.37000000000000099 -33.79999999999999716 0)    20 
> Robbeneiland    Robbeneiland - 0020618 X            0020618 X
> PointZ (18.41000000000000014 -33.93999999999999773 0)    21 Molteno 
> Reservoir    Molteno Reservoir - 0020746 6 0020746 6
> PointZ (18.5 -31.67000000000000171 0)    22    Vredendal Vredendal - 
> 0106880A2            0106880A2
> PointZ (18.44999999999999929 -33.90999999999999659 0)    23 Cape Town 
> - Portnet    Cape Town - Portnet - 0020805 3     Portnet - 0020805 3
> PointZ (18.60000000000000142 -33.96999999999999886 0)    24 Cape Town 
> Wo    Cape Town Wo - 0021178A3            0021178A3
> PointZ (18.60000000000000142 -33.96999999999999886 0)    25 Ct-Aws    
> Ct-Aws - 0021178B8            0021178B8
> PointZ (18.96999999999999886 -33.71999999999999886 0)    26 Paarl    
> Paarl - 0021823 0            0021823 0
> PointZ (19.42000000000000171 -33.65999999999999659 0)    27 
> Worcester-Aws     Worcester-Aws - 0022729 X            0022729 X
> PointZ (22.19000000000000128 -33.60000000000000142 0)    28 
> Oudtshoorn    Oudtshoorn - 0028306 5            0028306 5
> PointZ (22.42999999999999972 -33.93999999999999773 0)    29 George 
> Witfontein    George Witfontein - 0028776 9 0028776 9
> PointZ (18.12000000000000099 -33.20000000000000284 0)    30 Geelbek    
> Geelbek - 0040192 4            0040192 4
> PointZ (18.71999999999999886 -33.46999999999999886 0)    31 
> Malmesbury    Malmesbury - 0041388 0            0041388 0
> PointZ (18.98000000000000043 -33.00999999999999801 0)    32 
> Porterville    Porterville - 0041841 X            0041841 X
> PointZ (20.87000000000000099 -33.20000000000000284 0)    33 
> Laingsburg    Laingsburg - 0045642 0            0045642 0
>
>
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