Water leak SMS hotlineSMS leak location to 31373 with your name. | Durban –Severe weather and additional holiday traffic were the cause of water shortages in Ballito,the Ilembe district municipality said on Thursday. “We experienced unprecedented demand for water which was not fully expected and this created a temporary drop in water levels in the main service reservoir,which then indirectly affected the whole system [...] Water shortages have been a problem for the country’s oldest city since Jan van Riebeeck arrived. [...] China’s two largest fresh water lakes shrink drastically amid persistent drought [...] Over April less than half the amount of rain fell compared to the average. This confirms the the regions 7 year drought cycling. The last time Cape Town and the surrounding areas were through into a severe water shortage was 2004. [...] Last week’s controversial decision to stop the LagoonBay Lifestyle Estate project near George in the southern Cape may have far-reaching consequences for further golf estate developments throughout the country. [...] From the areal photograph one can clearly see that life evolve around the Nile river. The river provides its people with the precious resource of water that not only is used for transport,but for agriculture and life sustaining drinking water. [...] People say there is no water in this town. What is this? [...] “It is as if Cape Town has encompassed itself in a ignorant water bubble,one that might pop any second.”[...] we will need to produce as much food in the next 40 years as we have in the last 8,000,” said Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund [...] rainwater harvesting program cannot only fulfill the demand of water in the affected areas but it can be applied all over Pakistan to overcome water shortage. [...] | 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 |