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Another South African town runs out of water as two of its dams dry out. Urgent attention is needed to prevent this from happening to more Towns and cities across the country. Our nations water habits will have to change to prevent total water scarcity. Dam River Middel-Metabo Dam Berg [...] As another South African city runs out of water Grahamstown our president’s sentiment of our water poor country is proving to be a sad reality. This time it is the Municipality of Makana in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. Two of its supply dams are almost empty and some residents have been experiencing water outages just as the country [...] The Department of Water Affairs is yet to announce which of South Africas waste water treatment works have been awarded green drop status. This report on our waste water treatment works is long overdue. There have been previous reports speculating that as little as 3% of our waste water treatment works comply with the standards required [...] Would you ever consider installing a urinal in your home? Male Urinals Urinals seems sensible when you’re in a public loo so why haven’t they been welcome in your home bathrooms? They don’t take up much space or plumbing and don’t always require water. The typical toilet consumes 9 litres of clean drinking water per flush. As more [...] Home Rainwater Harvesting is becoming a priority for anyone that loves gardening. As more cities around the country are running low on water and as water is getting more and more expensive, it is simply not economically viable to irrigate your garden with the clean potable water. If you have a pool or you wish to [...] Ever wondered what the carbon footprint is of that apple in your fruit basket, the mince in your burger or the packet of rice crackers your munching on is? The well researched packaging and shine of your groceries my be deceiving your thought and their innocence. How green are those apples? From production [...] Green power will soon be surging through the Cape Town power grid as the city implements plans to sell green power certificates. This is a great step forward as the city prepares to source 10% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. This exert taken from iafrica. The City of Cape Town today announced its [...] Over the past 2 decades more and more emphasis has been placed on reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and how to reduce green house gasses. But how can oxygen levels be increased. Scientists in the Netherlands have found a bacteria that is able to do just that. This article from US news Microbiologists have [...] Across the globe, more and more people are starting to focus their attention on water. This is due the the increasing scarcity of clean water. Last week South Africa celebrated National Water Week, while at the start of this, the world celebrated World Water Day. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a speech Monday, World Water [...] This is not a topic that I enjoy writing about though it is of great concern to all of us in South Africa. Our country is not in a water crisis yet, and I agree with the Minister of water affairs, Ms Buyelwa Sonjica on this point, but our nation is facing many concerns about [...] |
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