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]
There is an undeniable romanticism involved when it comes to harvesting your own rainwater. The thought of watching it rain, knowing that you aren’t letting that precious resource go to waste. Knowing you are doing your bit to alleviate flooding. And of course knowing that if water restrictions or outages come into play… You’re sorted ! Water tanks are easy enough to buy, and while tricky to get over the [... read more]
November 1st, 2010 Latest dam levels now available. At face value 91% doesn’t look to bad, but if you look back over previous years and consider we’ve had a dry winter here in the Cape, it’s not a rosey picture. So keep saving every drop you can as we may well have water restrictions this summer! They may not be immediately necessary, but a little pain now for long term [... read more]
October 25th, 2010 Well to say it’s been a while would be a massive understatement… here is our first dam levels update in over a month. Sorry for the delay guys. At face value it doesn’t look to bad, but we know we’ve had a dry winter here in the Cape, so keep saving every drop you can as we may well have water restrictions this summer? They may not [... read more]
August 9th, 2010 Firstly, it must be said, Happy Birthday Berg River Dam !!! It’s been 2 years this week since we first started getting stats wrt its capacity. Secondly, my apologies for the delay this week guys, Monday’s holiday appears to have thrown a spanner in the works. Our Cape Town Dam Levels are, predictably, a little down on last weeks numbers and still well off this week last [... read more]
Here at Water Solutions, and more widely through our parent company, Water Rhapsody, we have been saying for a number of years that more needs to be done about Cape Town’s deteriorating water infrastructure and water conservation. By saving water through grey water reuse and rainwater harvesting we can help alleviate the problems facing Cape Town (and South Africa as a whole), by minimising the amount of water being sent [... 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]
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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