“Ground water is a safe,clean and reliable supply and thereof addresses the national priorities,”he said. [...]
“Ground water is a safe,clean and reliable supply and thereof addresses the national priorities,”he said. [...] it can take centuries,or even millennia,for groundwater levels to be replenished naturally. The Great Artesian Basin in Australia has water that is two million years old! [...] The party warned of the risk of the prospecting contaminating water. “The proposal by Shell to explore for gas over 90000km² of the southwestern Karoo Basin is premature and should not be entertained by the Petroleum Agency of SA,”DA water and environmental affairs spokesman Gareth Morgan said. The DA was concerned about the use [...] It is only a matter of time before boreholes and wellpoints start drying up and force homeowner to search for alternative sources of water. [...] The rate at which these critical groundwater aquifers are being sucked dry doubled between 1960 and 2000. The trend,which contributes to the rise of sea levels,at the same time threatens the fresh water supplies around the globe. [...] Over the past few years there has been a shift in the mentality amount garden owners about tapping into ground water for irrigation purposes. The initial attitude was one of complete abundance,almost as if the ground several metres below us is soaked in water. Irrigating with borehole water I call this [...] | ||
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