There is some scary stuff happening in Beaufort West at the moment. They have actually completely run out of water. Passers-by have been urged to drop off water on their way past as the crisis is in full swing. Be prepared for drought and water outages by installing rainwater systems as well as grey water [...]
Africa’s Chinese business invasion continues. Now the green market is the latest to get the eastern windfall. A huge wind farm in the Northern Cape has been approved with a likely 1500 jobs being created. If you would like to know more about energy or water systems that can be used in your home or [...]
There is some really positive stuff coming from the Department of Energy regarding the future of our power. The target is for 15% to be provided from renewable energies, but there is no reason why this could not rise to 50%. If only we had similar musings coming from Department of Water Affairs towers. Our [...]
We have noticed that more and more companies are trying to get involved in environmental and sustainability solutions and this KPMG has found similar results. Directors and CEO’s are actually not looking too much at the environmental benefits, but more the financial ones. Rainwater Harvesting and grey water recycling is saving some companies a lot [...]
Don’t rely on the municipality if you don’t have to. There are so many reports at the moment, highlighting an overrun water infrastructure with severe questions whether they are able to meet demand as early as 2014. It doesn’t help that in some cases like below, due to maintenance issues, water is either being lost [...]
Very worrying but unsurprising report about how many problems face us in the years to come trying to meet water demand and quality. The infrastructure does not meet the demand, and the only way that the government can hope to meet this, is to encourage people to use less. This is usually done by increasing [...]
Below is an article explaining the acid mine drainage problem, the possible solutions and the expected costs. If this affects the municipal’s natural water sources, this will cause huge problems as well as huge price hikes. THE government has just 20 months in which to put the infrastructure in place to deal with acid mine [...]
