A total of 480 980 000 kilolitres of water – the equivalent of 2.5 Hartbeespoort dams or 192 392 Olympic size swimming pools – were lost. [...]
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Chapter 2 of the Constitution under Section 27 gives every South African the right to sufficient water. I suspect that those of us who are fortunate enough to have sufficient access don’t always realize exactly how difficult life can be without it. Imagine not being able to wash your body, your clothes, your food or [...] When I look at the global water crisis purely from a market-driven perspective, I see perhaps the single greatest imbalance of supply and demand that exists in the global marketplace [...] We should rememer that the water that today gives us life is also the water that gave life to the dinosaurs. Water is one of the oldest sources of life [...] Capetonians have been warned to adhere to restrictions on using water to water gardens or face stiff penalties. [...] And the message from the municipality is get used to it. [...] - Keeping water hot takes up a major share of your electricity bill. Switch the geyser off during the day to save electricity. - Buy a geyser blanket to help keep the water hot and use less electricity. - Grow indigenous plants in your garden. They’re tougher and usually require less water than alien varieties. [...] This problem of the lack of water is mainly affecting our communities in the villages. Although as a government we have made many strides [...] We’re a water stressed country. We don’t have enough water resources to go around. Even once we get water in our managed infrastructure, nearly half of that leaks out of the system [...] Cape Town residents will have to start looking seriously at drinking recycled water from the local sewage works within the next few years as water supplies are running out [...] |
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