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Water partnership launched to protect SA’s water resources

admin — Sun, 08 May 2011 16:57:06 +0000

At the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs of South Africa Edna Molewa, Chairman of Nestlé and Chairman of the Water Resources Group Peter Brabeck-Letmathe announced today a Declaration of Partnership.

Recognizing the critical role that water plays as a catalyst for [...]

Saving Water the Grey Way

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:23:44 +0000

HAVE you ever watched the water draining from the bath and wondered about what it represents: money and precious water resources going, literally, “down the drain”? Using technology available in KwaZulu-Natal, this doesn’t have to be the case as this “grey water” can be recycled (see below).

By installing a [...]

Village Rainwater Harvesting system stores enough for a Year

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:11:00 +0000

The shortage of clean water in many parts of the world is a topic we’ve seen addressed on several occasions before—such as by the Hippo Water Roller and the PlayPump, to name just two examples. Recently another solution caught our eye, not least because it just won this year’s Energy Globe World [...]

South Africa’s Water Time Bomb

admin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:22:56 +0000

By Tony Carnie

Trade unions are turning up pressure on the government to tackle the country’s dirty water “time bomb” as a matter of urgency – or face the prospect of national protest action.

The Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa), the second-largest trade union group in the country, warned yesterday that the government [...]