Water leak SMS hotlineSMS leak location to 31373 with your name. | South African metropolitan areas are heading for a major water crisis by 2020,a former director general of the Department of Water Affairs has warned. Mike Muller,who now serves as an adjunct professor at the University of the Witwatersrand and sits on the national planning commission,said at a Water and Energy Forum in [...] China vowed to invest 4 trillion yuan in water conservation projects over the next 10 years as many cities face water shortages and the overhaul of irrigation facilities. [...] The maximum consumption that SA’s water resources can sustain will be reached in about five years,warns Engineering Council of SA [...] THE Limpopo government needs about R30 billion to address the chronic shortage of water in the Sekhukhune district alone [...] it can take centuries,or even millennia,for groundwater levels to be replenished naturally. The Great Artesian Basin in Australia has water that is two million years old! [...] The National Treasury has doubled the budget for the Water and Environmental Affairs Department to R1.6 billion for 2011. Another R6.6 billion will be invested in infrastructure development over the next three years. [...] depending on the quality of rainfall either ground water (aquifers) or dam recharge is favoured. Even as our dams might be close to full,our underground water supplies might not be. [...] South Africa’s real water crisis is that the stuff is just too damn complicated. What do you think about when you worry about water? [...] We urge residents to…immediately stop with irrigating of gardens and also to try and save water and be conservative with water,[...] By investing in rainwater harvesting initiatives you support groundwater recharge and reduce the risk of floods. [...] | 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 |