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 [...]
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Concrete patches on the canals snaking through Nico Greeff’s vineyards betray constant repairs to an outmoded irrigation system that’s the lifeblood of farming in South Africa’s arid west. “The water infrastructure is about 60 years old and the lifespan of a surfaced canal is about 40 years,” Greeff, 55, said on his farm near Vredendal, [...] Cape Town – Government is pinning hope on its ability to plug leaking pipes, reduce pollution and “stretch” resources to stave off a looming fresh water crisis. “We don’t want development to be held back by a lack of water, or lack of access to water,” water affairs acting deputy director-general for regulation, Helgard Muller, [...] THE Department of Water and Environmental Affairs is passing the buck on who should be responsible for providing communities with clean drinking water. Its spokesman, Mava Scott, yesterday argued that the constitution placed the responsibility of providing water services to communities on local municipalities, not on Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa , or [...] Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says mention should have been made of the mines implicated in the pollution. THERE was evidence of a war against the state, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said yesterday, citing the legal action taken against her for failing to provide clean water to a Mpumalanga town [...] Sir / Madam Future water supplies lie in demand management. The article “Consumers set to pay the price as city seeks solutions to water crisis” Cape Times 19 December 2011 refers. Melanie Gosling in her usual eloquent and environmentally friendly way has provided the bare facts as to how bad supply management of water has [...] Capetonians could face stricter water restrictions as dam levels hit a four-year low. [...] Acid mine drainage is highly acidic water, usually containing high concentrations of metals, sulphides and salts because of mining activity [...] Water shortages have been a problem for the country’s oldest city since Jan van Riebeeck arrived. [...] The available water for Cape Town will be fully utilised by 2019 as a result of both population and economic growth [...] |
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