The City of Cape Town has admitted it needs a new plan for the usage of water in the city. Cape Town’s water supply is stressed and water conservation is becoming increasingly important. As the article below explains, we should all be saving water as there is not enough for everyone. Rainwater harvesting with water tanks and grey water reuse are fantastic ways to ease the burden laid out below. [... read more]
I had an opportunity to chat to A’isha Mouneinme on Cape Town based community radio station The Voice of the Cape on Monday afternoon. We spoke about water conservation, why we should all be saving water and how each of us can do so in our homes with some water saving tips. Of course, no domestic water conservation discussion would be complete without an overview of the Water Rhapsody award [... read more]
Yesterday Water Solutions reported on the burst water mains in Cape Town with a first hand account from me !!! Today we have a follow up from the City of Cape Town, appologising for the water outage. While we don’t appear to be taking enough pro-active steps around water conservation and getting people to do their own rainwater harvesting into water tanks, the City sure is on the ball re [... read more]
Well it’s not exactly the type of water outage we’ve been discussing here on the Water Solutions website, but it sure was an interesting taste of the things to come. Picture it… you wake up on Saturday morning, ready to start the day with your usual cup of coffee and a shower. You head to the kitchen to fill the kettle, turn on the tap and… NOTHING ! “That’s weird” [... read more]
Consulting Engineers SA (CESA) said on Thursday (4th of Feb) that due to rapid urbanisation and infrastructure constraints, intervention was required to prevent serious water shortages in Johannesburg by 2019 and South Africa as a whole by 2025.
Against a global rainfall average of 870mm per year, South Africa receives a pitiful 450mm, making it the worlds 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.
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