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Sea water for Cape residents

By Melanie Gosling
Environment Affairs

Capetonians could be drinking desalinated seawater in four years’ time when our growing demand for water will have exhausted current supplies.

And because desalination is expensive, the cost of Cape Town’s water will increase.

This emerged at a pre-budget briefing yesterday where Water and Environment Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said her [...]

Run for water, live earth 18 April 2010

18 April 2010
6km Run/Walk
100 countries around the world
The Dow Live Earth Run for Water will consist of a series of 6 km run/walks (the average distance many women and children walk every day to secure water) taking place over the course of 24 hours in over 100 countries around the world, featuring concerts and water [...]

Government worried about future water supply in Western Cape?

If I listen to government it seems as if we should think carefully about the future of water. They seem to be worried…should we be?

The following snippets are from the 2010/11 budget speech of the Western Cape Department of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning presented, MEC Anton Bredell, Western Cape provincial legislature.

“Mr Speaker, [...]

If you missed it......Suspended water researcher speaks out

Save water and money at home…it is a moral decision.

The suspension of a senior researcher by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has not stopped him from speaking out.

Dr Anthony Turton’s keynote presentation A Clean South Africa was due to be delivered at the CSIR’s Science Real and Relevant conference in Pretoria last [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]