Water leak SMS hotlineSMS leak location to 31373 with your name. | 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 [...] Landlords who invest in green buildings might be able to lure a higher calibre of tenant – and should have a far higher occupancy level than landlords selling space in non-green buildings Additionally of appeal is that tenants can derive cost savings from renting green buildings,said Org Geldenhuys,managing director of property development and marketing [...] Water is unlike other scarce natural resources:it underpins all aspects of society,from ecology to agriculture to industry – and it has no known substitutes. Like oxygen,water is fundamental to life. Water is also an integral part of the production systems that generate wealth and guarantees well-being. Water provision is the most basic [...] Cape Town –Cosatu warned on Thursday that it would mobilise its members for protest action if the government did not address the looming water crisis soon. [...] Municipalities have accepted that they will no longer be able to supply residence with clean fresh water in the not to distant future. [...] “If the water won’t be used for irrigation,what other use could this clean water be for?”There must be something better than sending it down the stormwater pipe. [...] “Have you ever had the opportunity to watch your kids stare out the window after a bath and watch as their bath water gently sprays out onto the garden? To them this is a moment of utter amazement.”[...] People say there is no water in this town. What is this? [...] Cape Town’s water and sanitation tariffs are to increase by 8.28%. The first 6 kilolitres remains free and charges there after are calculated in incrementally. [...] South Africans must brace themselves for steep water tariff increases in the coming months,water experts have warned. [...] | Against a global rainfall average of 870mm per year,South Africa receives a pitiful 450mm,making it the world's 30th driest country. Water Rhapsody,with 15 years experience in water conservation,is number 1 in South Africa in Grey water recycling systems and Rainwater harvesting systems. Water Rhapsody a WWF Green Trust award winner can save us up to 90% of our municipal water bills.” Alje van Hoorn Office:021 715 8581 Cell:076 481 3330 Email:alje@capewatersolutions.co.za |