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]
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]
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]
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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