A third of the world’s people might have access to only half the water they need in the next decades if nothing is done to conserve the critical resource.
It is estimated that 1.1 billion people globally rely on unsafe drinking water sources and that as much as 80
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South Africa’s water boards are proposing increases of between 6,2% and 43% to the cost of the potable bulk water they supply to the country’s municipalities. Such tariff increases, if accepted, are likely to increase the cost of drinking water supplied by municipalities to end users.
The proposals, details of which are contained in a document
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According to the Green Drop report, compiled by the water affairs ministry, only 45 percent of waste-water systems assessed scored more than 50 percent.
This means sewage is not being adequately treated in most of SA’s 850 treatment works. Insufficiently treated water is discharged into local river systems, affecting downstream users such
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When it comes to water in Rajasthan, you don’t take any chances — you guard it with your life. Well, not quite, but villagers in areas where water scarcity has reached alarming proportions now think nothing of forking out anything between Rs 100 and Rs 200 a day to hire private security guards to keep
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Photograph by: JORGE SILVA
Opposition MPs warned of a crisis in the state of South Africa’s water affairs, pinning the blame for it on mismanagement.
Your department has let South Africa down, and seriously so,” Democratic Alliance MP Annette Lovemore told Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.
Lovemore, speaking during debate on the water affairs
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Water your garden before 10:00 in the morning, or after 16:oo in the afternoon, this eliminates a lot of evaporation.
Collect grey water from your bath,sinks and laundry and use these for irrigating your garden. You can invest in professionally installed and fully automated grey water recycling system for this purpose.
Schedule your garden irrigation by watering
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Shower instead of taking a bath – a bath uses an average of 160 litres, while a five-minute shower uses only 60 litres of water.
Keep the tap closed while you are brushing your teeth or shaving – this can save up to 20 litres of water a month.
Cut down the amount of water flushed down
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A recent workshop suggested that harvesting rainwater could improve domestic groundwater supply.
Hydro-geologist Fatchy Muhammad said rainwater was a valuable resource that should be collected as much as possible on the ground instead of being directly drained away.
“Rainwater has good mineral content, which should not just be washed to sea. If we provide water absorption, it
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