Water Rhapsody

Use your coffee cup to predict Rain

admin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:47:43 +0000

Always doubting the reliability of your weatherman? Then, you might want to try this out.

All you need is your morning cup of coffee to help you predict if it’s going to rain.

According to Backpacker Magazine, it is a trick often used by backpackers.

First, pour a cup of coffee and then [...]

Every day is World Water Day

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:21:48 +0000

World Water Day has been celebrated on 22 March every year since 1993.

It is an opportunity to learn more about water and its centrality in our lives and for the environment, and promote sustainable behaviours and actions towards this precious resource.

Each year focuses on a different [...]

Why Don’t we Love Water anymore?

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:25:20 +0000

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It’s easy to forget the importance of water.

Most people reading this live in a city — all you have to do is turn a tap. And the quality is almost the best in the world. It’s almost too good.

Actually, it is too good and it’s too cheap. We’ve forgotten [...]

The History of Cape Town’s Water Supply.

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:31:01 +0000

We have just hosted the world cup here in Cape town and with the many thousands of visitors here we had to supply drinking water as well as water for washing and showering.
All of the water used in Cape Town can be considered to be new water, not water that [...]