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Carte Blanche story on Acid Mine Drainage

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:55:35 +0000

For those of you like me that missed Sunday’s Carte Blanche story on Acid Mine Drainage, herewith the transcript as recorded on Water Rhapsody franchisee Donovan Reid’s site :

A bitter paradox is unfolding in the economic heartland of South Africa: we’re short of water to drink; we are also running out of gold. [...]

S.Africa looks to sea to meet growing water demand

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:54:41 +0000

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa will increasingly use desalinated seawater to meet growing demand for drinking water in coastal towns facing the worst drought in 150 years, the country’s water minister said on Thursday.

South Africa is a water-scarce country with an average rainfall of 450 millimetres — compared [...]

Water Prices at a Tipping Point

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:07:59 +0000

The following chart shows a comparison of water prices across a broad spectrum of countries. 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.

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

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:39:32 +0000

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 [...]