Water Rhapsody » fresh water

Where does our water come from?

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:33:42 +0000

“South Africa needs to be more sensible about the use and management of land and water resources. The more we reduce the ecosystems’ ability to deliver clean fresh water, the less water secure we will be and the greater the cost we will have to pay for our water,” says Mark Botha, [...]

Water,essential to life. Use it, don’t abuse it

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:54:43 +0000

Water is a remarkable substance – central to life, it feeds our nations, drives our industry, washes away our troubles, quenches our thirst, and brings beauty and pleasure into our lives. Barbara Schreiner

South Africa is a country that, contrary to belief, does not have an abundant supply of water and could [...]

Water Shortage looms for China, India

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:17:16 +0000

NEW DELHI/BEIJING: A fight breaks out as student Vikas Dagar jostles with dozens of men, women and children to fill buckets from a water tank truck that brings water twice a week to the village of Jharoda Kalan on the outskirts of New Delhi.

Nineteen hundred miles away, near Xi’an in central [...]

Global water crisis sparks surge in Desalination

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:48:50 +0000

The world’s unquenchable thirst for clean water drove a record increase in the desalination of seawater and reuse of sewage last year, new figures reveal, as water-stressed countries around the world try to build their way out of trouble.

Making fresh water from the sea was once the preserve of cruise ships [...]