2010 January | Watersaver.co.za

Save water (and money) at home:

Here are a few easy suggestions how to save water (and money) at home:
- Close the tap when cleaning your teeth (this saves up to 20 litres of water), or when shaving (this saves up to 45 litres!). Alternatively install a Water Rhapsody from Watersaver.
- A bath uses an average of 160 litres of water [...]

WATERSAVER IN THE BOLAND

Watersaver will now represent all Water Rhapsody Products in the Boland area. Call us for all your ‘Grey Water Recycling’, ‘Rainwater Harvesting’, ‘Second Movement’, ‘Grand Opus’ and ‘Multiflush’ needs.

Will it kill the bride?

Serruria Florida – the Blushing Bride
Serruria Florida is popularly called the ‘Blushing Bride’. It was extinct in the wild until a fire germinated some seeds on the Franschhoek mountains.
This is one of the most delicately beautiful flowers of the Proteaceae family and is often used by florists in bridal bouquets. It grows to a height [...]

'Water restrictions will be part of our lives'

The demand for water in the Western Cape was a ticking time-bomb which had to be defused, Western Cape premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Monday. (May 2003)

Opening the Western Cape Water Summit in Stellenbosch, he said the provincial government was committed to finding sustainable solutions to “our looming water shortage.”

The premier said that while [...]

Pipeline set to prevent future water shortages ?

THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality yesterday revealed a plan to construct a R13-million water pipeline set to save the city from future problems.

Municipal spokesman Luncedo Njezula said the Water Master Plan, a long-term solution to water shortages, made provision for providing water to the Bay up to 2020 and included the building of a new [...]

Huge water saving is in the pipelines

Almost 300-million litres of water are lost daily in the eThekwini Municipality’s water reticulation system because of ageing pipes, illegal connections and “unavoidable losses”.

However, the head of water and sanitation, Neil Macleod, said the city was making headway in curbing losses with 16 interventions, including the massive R1.6-billion pipe replacement programme.

“With water demand rising and [...]

Water rogues face action

Mossel Bay authorities have approved severe new water restrictions, fearing that the town’s water supply will not last beyond March.

At a special council meeting on Monday, the installation of water flow restrictors – for rogue water users – was given the go-ahead.

Municipal spokesperson Harry Hill said letters had been sent last month to 506 households [...]

Severe water restrictions

RESIDENTS and holidaymakers in Kenton-on-Sea and Bushman‘s River panicked last week when they where left without water for more than 24 hours.

Already enduring severe water restrictions which include the municipal mains being shut off at night, they thought things had taken a turn for the worse.

Zethu Belwana, who was on holiday in Bushman‘s River with [...]

Deepening drought threatens jobs and recovery

EASTERN and Southern Cape residents face a tough start to 2010 as the deepening drought which is ravaging the region threatens to hamper economic recovery by placing hundreds of farm workers’ jobs at risk. After a year of “far below average” rainfall, many supply dams are either empty or at an all-time-low and boreholes – [...]