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Virtually every industry in the world anticipates sweeping systemic transformation over the next decade in their strategic planning, production practices, and business models, according to the Sustainability Survey Poll on Water. 1. Educate to change consumption and lifestyles I suppose to many this might come as a shock that such a large part of the country could be faced with water outages. I have been surprised the Southern Cape area has managed to continue supplying water to their residents. That said, it was their “rainy” season and their dams at least managed to maintain [...] There I was thinking that Cape Town and the rest of the country would be hit hard my water scarcity due to natural causes but I was wrong. With the planned water utility workers strike, a water crisis will be cause by mass demonstration and not the forces of nature. Are we really able to rely [...] It is coming up to six months that the Department of Water Affair has been avoiding facing up to a challenge that could be South Africa’s biggest environmental disaster ever. An environmental disaster that could cripple the economic hub of Africa, not to mention the millions that inhabit Johannesburg. It has not only been 6 months that [...] Cape Town dam levels are lower than what they have been in the past few years due a little rain. There seems to be little hope for our dams to be filling up as the long term weather forecast is once again predicting a dry week. In the past August and September have been some of [...] If you want to save on irrigation costs, here are some ways you can do just that. And not only will these save you money, but they’ll also save you time and effort so you can enjoy your garden. 1) Reuse bathwater: If urgent steps are not taken, South Africa will run out of water for future economic growth within the next five years. This is among several alarming expert opinions contained in the second edition of “The Environmental Handbook: A Guide to Green Business in South Africa”, launched in Cape Town this week. In a guest foreword [...] The rapid growing awareness of “green” issues around Cape Town has given rise to hopeful “experts” are entering the water conservation scene. They seem to be crawling out from the woodwork but this is not the first nor do I think this will be the last time hopeful entrepreneurs will be entering the market. Six years ago [...] Do you know that by installing a rainwater tank you will be taking a very decisive eco-friendly step towards solving our water scarcity issues? Not only that but when you store rainwater you save the energy required to treat and pump fresh water to your house. Instead of having your municipal fresh water pumped [...] Johannesburg — WHILE SA faced water supply constraints and suffered from rainfall that was less than half the world average, it was not alone in having to manage water supply issues, experts said last week. Although SA faced a supply deficit of 6% by 2013 and 11% by 2019, it was 10 years too late to implement [...] |
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