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]
Water Conservation in the home and bathroom is easy if you put a little thought into it and change any bad habits. Here are a few free and simple tips from Water Solutions to get you going on your saving water mission: Taking a shower uses much less water than filling the bathtub. Get into the habit of taking short showers and get family members to do the same. To [... 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]
While we wait for the Green Drop report, things are getting worse. John Scott from IOL paints a pretty disgusting picture with his pen in this article. Click on the heading for more… but always remember, there are ways you can help while our municipalities sit on their hands… reuse your grey water, don’t send it to these, bursting at the seems, treatment plants.
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.
Here at Water Solutions we’ve been saying for some time that the impending water crises in this country is going to make our Eskom problems look like a simple hicup. Anthony Turton, the CSIR researcher, who was gagged last year from presenting his findings on South Africa’s pending water crises said, “…do we wish to avert the water crisis now before it happens or are we to be content with the status quo, happy to deal with it after it has been thrust upon us, like the electricity crisis was?”
Using the grey water from your home to water the garden or even flush the loo has an appreciable impact on both the environment and your water bill, but collecting and using your own water through rain water harvesting, is the “big daddy” of water conservation and your insurance policy against short term water outages….
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Is our water going the same way as our Electricity ? South Africa desperately needs to spend money on our water infrastructure and the bottom line is that consumers and taxpayers are going to have foot the bill.
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The Water Research Commission of South Africa, that’s who. Their October 2009 report found that South Africa has 4% less water than 20 years ago….
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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.
Water Rhapsody, a WWF Green Trust award winner, and its products can save up to 90% of your municipal water bill.
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