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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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. [...] 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 [...] 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. [...] This problem of the lack of water is mainly affecting our communities in the villages. Although as a government we have made many strides [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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