 Saving water is an excellent way to show that you care and are willing to do your little bit to help. Whether you store just a small amount to reduce your use of the municipal supply or get off the grid completely,it will be beneficial for the entire community and for future generations.The more we can save now the more there will be for our children. Saving water now will also teach our children to save and we can create a water wise generation for the future. Keep on saving,even when it's raining. | Johannesburg –South Africa’s sewage works are a disaster waiting to happen,said trade union Uasa. “The shocking state of the country’s waste water treatment plants [are] in need of an urgent high level intervention,”Uasa spokesperson Andre Venter said in a statement. The absence of intervention is “gradually feeding the disaster which is slowly [...] Cape Town –Less than half of South Africa’s 821 sewage works are treating the billions of litres of effluent they receive each day to safe and acceptable standards,according to the latest Green Drop Report. The report –a measure of the state of waste water treatment plants in all nine provinces –was [...] Cape Town –The number of water authorities in South Africa to achieve Blue Drop certification for providing clean,safe water has leapt from 38 to 66 over the past year. The latest Blue Drop Report –released by Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa on Thursday –shows an improvement in the performances [...] |
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Against a global rainfall average of 870mm per year,South Africa receives a pitiful 450mm,making it the world's 30th driest country.