Commercially the reuse of grey water has long been neglected. This has in part been because water conservation has not,until recently,been in the spotlight. Individual property owners,government institutions and commercial property managers and developers are awakening to the fact that we are living in a country where water scarcity is becoming a [...]
 Water Rhapsody Conservation Systems are the leaders in Greywater garden irrigation and Rainwater Harvesting systems in South Africa. Established in 1994 with offices nation wide and over 3500 installations Water Rhapsody will be there to secure your water concerns.Contact Water Rhapsody. | 1. U2 Will Help Raise Money for Turkish Geothermal Plant –The environmentally and socially conscious,and outrageously popular band U2 announced it will not only purchase carbon offsets to balance the carbon footprint of its tour,but has also asked its fans to purchase offsets to balance out the greenhouse gas emissions they produce [...] With Eskom in crisis and the price of electricity set to rise dramatically over the next 2 year,it is becoming increasingly important for South Africans to change the way we use power. Not only will it be necessary for us to use electricity more sporadically but also to use more energy efficient appliances. With [...] Second Movement reuses greywater (used water from baths,showers,hand washing basins,and laundry) for re-use in toilet flushing. The greywater is treated and stored in a chamber;from there it is pumped directly to each individual toilet pan,as necessary. As the treated greywater is pumped directly to the pan there is no need [...] Below are the current dam levels as published by the CSIR for February 22ndth 2010. Dam Name River Feb 15 % full Feb 22 % full Groendal Dam Swartkops River 43.2 42.2 Ernest Robertson Dam Groot Brak R 79.2 76.2 Garden Route Dam Swart River 26.4 25.8 Hartebeestkuil Dam Hartenbos River 50.4 49.6 Impofu Dam [...] The typical home consumes between 230kWh and 340kWh per person per month. In Cape Town one unit of electricity costs 64 cents a kWh…[...] The Ireland based renewable power company,Mainstream,reviewed an 18 month wind study in the Cape to determine if South African wind is of sufficient quality to generate power. The wind sites are spread across the Northern,Western and Eastern Cape. The great finding of their report shows that South African winds are constant and [...] The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is calling on residents to use grey water and rainwater as much as possible on their gardens – but they can still use municipal water if it is dispensed in a bucket or watering can. To read more about this story click here. Automatic greyt water irrigation system For [...] Atmospheric levels of methane,the greenhouse gas which is much more powerful than carbon dioxide,have risen significantly for the last three years running,scientists will disclose today – leading to fears that a major global-warming “feedback”is beginning to kick in. For some time there has been concern that the vast amounts of methane,[...] For many of us our food scraps are either boxed up for that lonely leftover meal or thrown away in the trash with all our other non recyclable waste. However these food scraps,which are sent to landfills,are now getting the attention of scavenging energy corporations as perceptions are changing and the potential value [...] |   |
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