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 [...]
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to remind South Africans that water scarcity — both in qualitative and quantitative terms — originates as much from inefficient use and poor management as from real physical limits. [...] There is a misperception about the differences between rainwater harvesting systems and systems that recycling waste water. There is also a misperception as to the possible end use of water from these systems. Rainwater harvesting systems use rainwater collected from the roof and should not be confused with systems that recycle treated wastewater or greywater [...] Eskom on Wednesday said it was still revising its tariff increases before it makes any announcements. According to the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci), the original proposition was for an increase of up to 19 percent per annum. Earlier in 2012, the power utility proposed a new five-year plan of tariff increases [...] I found this fantastic blog, which tells the story so much better than I could. Of course it relates to another city, in another country, but it’s well worth a read. Basically, a US study found that if a city captured and used the rain that fell on its rooftops, it could meet the water [...] WATER conservation is loudly supported throughout Australian society, but a study by researchers from CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences has shown aesthetics and good old-fashioned neighbourhood competition are shaping Perth resident’s views on sustainable domestic water use. According to the study published in Landscape and Urban Planning in January, general community aesthetics and the notion of ‘outdoing [...] Even with the rains that fell around Cape Town last week , not much of this water fell in the catchment area of our dams. This could give Capetonians a false sence of relief regarding the water security for the summer ahead. [...] The following article is taken from Garden ResQ. We at Water Rhapsody absolutely agree that greywater should not be use in toilet cistern. The Water Rhapsody system negates the need to use a cistern as greywater enters the toilet pan directly. There are no fowl odours and clients with a Water Rhapsody system are happy [...] With half the average rainfall over the month of May, Cape Town will need to hope and pray that rainfall figures pick up in the months to come. This year the rainfall figures have closely followed that of 2009/2010. If this is to continue then water conservation efforts will need to be stepped [...] Water-stressed South Africa needs to invest a massive R573 billion in water infrastructure, services and demand management over the next decade, but has budgeted for less than half this amount, government said on Monday. This gap was a “significant shortfall”, water affairs chief operations officer Trevor Balzer told reporters at Parliament. “If you look at [...] |
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