Collection of Rain and Stream gauge data.

The eThekwini Municipality has been capturing rainfall data, using rain gauge systems for the past two decades. The methods and technology of acquiring this data have evolved over time. We now have access to the data in real time using the internet.

Currently the Municipality has numerous rainfall stations, from in the south, to Ballito in the north and extending westwards as far as .

To access this data logger use the following :- http://www.dbnrain.co.za/showmodels.php

Username: Password: rain

For Stream Gauging and River Water Levels use the following :- http://www.mycity.co.za/

Login Name: metro Password: 12345

Should you have any technical queries please email Angus Gowar at [email protected] or Kwanda Nkosi at [email protected]

The following is a table of Municipality’s Rainfall stations and locations:-

Station ID Locations Alverstn Alverstone Reservoir - Alverstone Road - Alverstone amanzim Parks Depot – Old Main Road Ballito Frasers Waste Water Treatment Works - Ballito bluff3 Bluff3 Res (Golf Ball Reservoir) - Marine Drive - Bluff buffels Buffelsdraai Landfill Site - Verulam catordge Cato Ridge Libirary - Old Georgedale Road - Cato Ridge chats1 Chatsworth 1 Res. - Florence Nightingale Road - Westcliff, Chatsworth chats4 Chatsworth 4 Res. - Skyridge Crl - Moorton, Chatsworth cityeng City Engineers Building - K. E. Masinga Road (Old Fort Road) - Durban crabtree Crabtree Sewerage Pump Station - Wisely Road - Maydon Wharf, Durban crawford Crawford School - Armstrong Ave - dbnnhi Reservoir -Stanley Place - Durban North dunkeld Dunkeld Reservoir - Dunkeld Road - fir wood Firwood Reservoir – Dan Pienaar Drive – Northdene hazeldam Hazelmere Dam hillcrst Knelsby Ave Reservoir – Knelsby Ave - Hillcrest ina nddam Inanda Dam Isipingo Reservoir – Booth Road - Isipingo islandvw Island View Sewerage Pump Statioin - Island View Road - Fynnlands kennedy Kenedy Road Sewerage Pump Station – Umgeni Road – Springfield Kloof – Water Purification Works – Alamein Avenue nagledam Nagle Dam newlnds3 Newlands3 Reservoir -Seabass Road -Newlands East phoenix1 Phoenix1 Reservoir - Landgate Place - Phoenix phoenix4 Phoenix4 Reservoir –Westham Drive – Phoenix Ptn Municipal Offices – Club Lane - Pinetown ridgeend Ridgeend Reservoir - North Ridge Road - Morningside ridgevw Ridgeview Reservoir - Ridgeview river lea Riverlea Farm - Richmond sandpump Port Captains Offices - Mahatma Gandhi Road - Durban sherwd3 Sherwood 3 Reservoir - Rattray Place - Sherwood shongdam Shongweni Dam stthom St Thomas Reservoir – Julia Road – Musgrave Tongaat Hulletts Esta te umbumbul Reservoir - Umbumbulu umhnth Umhlanga North Reservoir – Umhlanga Rocks Drive umhwwtw Umhlanga Waste Water Treatment Works - Umhlanga umkdepot Umkomaas Depot - Civic Street -Craigieburn umksaps Umkomaas Police Station Umlazi1 Uml azi Stormwater Maintance Depot waterfal Waterfall Reservoir – Inanda Road wentwth Wentworth Reservoir - Boston Road - Wentworth wood2 Woodlands 2 Reservoir - Harvard Place – Woodlands

Stream Gauging and River Water Levels Palmiet (River) Palmiet R iver – Birdhurst Crescent – Pinetown/New Germany LaLucia (Culvert) La Lucia – Oakleigh Ave – La Lucia Virginia (Culvert) Virginia Airport – Fairway - Virginia