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Water Prices at a Tipping Point


The following chart shows a comparison of water prices across a broad spectrum of countries.Water-Cost South Africa The price of water in South Africa continues to be low as compared to most major industrial countries. The price of water in South Africa is almost the third of the price in Germany. But when we realise that there are no more dams to be dammed and that there are almost no working estuaries left in South Africa we know water in South Africa is at a tipping point. This from a point of supply and quality. The variable here is price. We have all witnessed what has happened to South African electricity pices in the past couple of years. We think the price of Water is something that won’t stay stable for too long.

Think of the climate in South Africa – we have less water per capita than Namibia and Botswana. The variable in the equation, PRICE, is bound to increase for South African’s relative to world prices. And what if global warming cause world prices of water to rise?

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You are not serious about drinking water from the Vaal river?


Sewage as well as animal blood and offcuts are apparently being dumped into the Vaal River, The Weekender reported on Saturday.

An abbatoir in Frankfort was pumping animal blood and offcuts into its evaporation dam which was in turn seeping into the Vaal River, Freedom Front Plus Mafube municipality councillor Peter van der Westhuizen said.

“We saw a large area of red in the water.

“We are conducting tests to establish exactly what is causing it”.

A member of the Blue Scorpions Nigel Adams confirmed the dumping of the animal offcuts, saying it had first been noticed during an aerial survey.

Van der Westhuizen also said court orders since 2004 had not managed to get the municipality to repair broken pipes and water purification works which were allegedly causing sewage to ooze over the ground that leads into the Vaal River.

Water scientist and activist Professor Anthony Turton said sewage, in particular, was causing a build-up of blue-green algae containing microcystims which are deadly. Read the full story

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