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. [...]
|
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. [...] SOUTH Africa will run dry by 2050 should no action be taken to conserve water [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] a simple green plastic water storage tank, strategically placed to harvest rainwater, can help to meaningfully change millions of lives in a relatively short period of time. [...] 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 [...] Recycling of greywater will protect aquatic ecosystems by decreasing the diversion of freshwater, reducing the quantity of toxic contaminants entering waterways. [...] South Africans seem to be a bit behind on taking up the initiative to conserve water, the main perceived reason being that water is not seen as being expensive enough. [...] By installing water tanks and/or rainwater harvesting systems, residents have the luxury of always being assured of a fresh water supply despite interruptions in the municipal supply. [...]
South Africa is the 30th driest country in the world yet we are already faced with a looming water crisis that will hit us as soon as 2014 some say. Some say the next world war will be fought for water. Water is without a doubt the world most precious resource. Through harvesting rainwater [...] |
||
|
Copyright © 2013 Capewatersolutions - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||