Newsletter	August 2010
The August newsletter has been sent to members. Here we just give you a sampling of what the newsletter contains. If you want to read the full story, join Friends of Rietvlei - go to the Contact Us page for details. Please renew your membership as soon as possible. Our organisation can only be effective if we have members that support us in protecting our valuable environment. Forthcoming Events Several forthcoming events are mentioned in the newsletter - see our Events Diary for more details. Diep River Estuary Management Plan In the newsletter we give some feedback on the progress with the management plan. The plan can now also be downloaded from this website - click here to open the file. Diep River / Fynbos Corridor Project Henk Louw has left us for a permanent post in the City's Biodiversity Branch; we have utilized the remaining funds from which his salary was paid to employ two General Workers to assist Christopher Singo. Potsdam Bus Depot We report on the final scoping report for the proposed bus depot for the IRT in The Stables Industrial Park at the northern end of Potsdam Road adjacent to the Diep River Expansion and upgrading of waste water treatment infrastructure Province has approved the expansion and upgrading of waste water infrastructure in the Blaauwberg area, including the upgrading of Potsdam WWTW from the present capacity of 47Ml/day to 100Ml/day. This will have severe effects on the ecology of the Diep River Estuary and we are consulting with other stake-holders on the advisability of lodging an appeal against the Record of Decision. Other news It has been a long time since we gave our readers the latest rainfall figures for Rietvlei, these are now in this edition of the newsletter. There is also a story of a community service project that a group of Scouts did at Rietvlei. The CREW project at the BCA is also mentioned and people are invited to participate. JOIN FRIENDS OF RIETVLEI AND GET ALL THE NEWS IN THE NEWSLETTER Thanks go to Chevron Refinery for sponsoring envelopes for the posted newsletter. Please feel free to contact us on any matter. Our e-mail address is info@friendsofrietvlei.co.za. Click here to view previous newsletters in our Newsletter Archive