Rainwater Harvesting

Capture rainwater and use it inside your home (bath, shower, laundry, toilets, kitchen) and/or outside (irrigation, pool, carwash) etc.

Greywater

Use bath, shower, basin and laundry water to irrigate your garden especially in summer.

Pool Backwash

Save and reuse pool backwash water instead of sending it to waste

Water Tanks

Water storage tanks.

Big or small or underground

Water Saving 

Install water saving toilet flush mechanisms and low flow showerheads

Coca-Cola Canary

Epping- Cape Town

Rainwater from the canary factory roof is filtered  and purified for use in Bathrooms. (Toilet flushing, Showers, and hand washing)

Rocherpan Nature Reserve

Velddrif

Self sustainability at Rocherpan was a pressing concern during the refurbishment of the park as no municipal water supply feeds the reserve. In the past water was trucked in.

The reserve collects rainwater from all buildings for use by visitors and staff in the cabins

water saving technologies

De Beers Marine

Paarden Eiland – Cape Town

Collecting of rainwater at the De Beers Marine facility supplies fresh water to staff areas. (kitchen & Bathrooms)

 Constantia Waldorf School

Constantia – Cape Town

Both the recycling centre and the Outdoor Classroom are fitted with rainwater harvesting systems to teach learners and parents the value of water conservation

False Bay Nature Reserve

Zeekoevlei – Cape Town

The City of Cape Town Nature Conservation head office at Zeekoevlei receives water from a rainwater harvesting system and all toilets are flushed with greywater (shower and basin water).

Tears Animal Rescue

Kommetjie – Cape Town

Rainwater from the centre’s roof is used to wash rescued animal and clean kennels and cages.

The wash water is then reused to irrigate lawns where pets socialise with one another outdoors.

Intaka Island

Century City – Cape Town

Rain from the tourist centre roof is stored and used inside the building. Hand wash water is collected and used to flush toilets.

Both water conservation systems form part of the centres environmental sustainability education programmes.

Schools are encourages to visit the facility.

Green s’cool

Pinelands – Cape Town

All toilets at the Old Mutual Green s’cool reuse handwash water from the bathroom basins for flushing.

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens

Cape Town

Toilets at Kirstenbosch botanical gardens on the slopes of TableMountain are fitted with water saving toilet flush mechanisms.

University of Cape Town

Cape Town

All Bathrooms in the Faculty of Law are fitted with water saving toilet flush mechanisms.