Rainwater Harvesting
It is now viable to harvest rainwater for your whole household. This includes rainwater harvesting, storing and pumping rainwater for bathing, showering, toilet flushing, pool, laundry and irrigation. Rainwater harvesting together with other Water Rhapsody products can save up to 90% of your water bill.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Share Journey – Save money and planet
Hi, I am a green enthusiast, where I believe everybody has to play their role in preserving the community and the nature where we live for future generations to sustain. When South Africa is considered the numbers of people living in cities are much higher than compared to outskirts. When you have a closer look into the people in cities, most people travel to work from the same source to same destination for their daily work, by linking these people together few vital things can be achieved. 1. We can reduce the number of vehicles in our street, which in turn reduces traffic congestion. 2. We can reduce the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere, which preserves our environment and gives cleaner air to breathe and contributes for slowing down factors related to global warming. 3. We can save more money which will improve our living standards. 4. It also reduces the number of parking places required. By considering all these factors we have developed a website “www.TravelShareSouthAfrica.com” for the travelling people to communicate with each other. This website does not charge anything for the service provided, please make full use of the website and have a pleasant journey. … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Environmentally Friendly, Green, Solar Geysers, Water Conservation, Water Tanks, Yes Solar
Tagged Avoid Pollution, eco-friendly, JoJo Tanks, Reduce CO2, Reduce Vehicles, Save money, Travel Share, Travelling People, Water Rhapsody, Water tanks
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Possibly Steep Municipal Increases during 2012
Residents may have to brace themselves for steep increases when the new municipal service charge comes into effect on July 1 this year. It is expected that electricity will increase with a massive 25% , while rates and service charges are set to increase with between 12% and 14 %. This according to information received from DA Ward 2 Councillor, Dean Biddulph, with regard to the 2012/2013 Draft Budget that will be tabled at a joint meeting of the Mayoral Executive Committee and Budget and Treasury Committee on March 14. An outraged Mr. Kobus Gerber, chairman of the Rate Payers Association in the metro said, “I find it ironic that the Municipality would table such proposed increases while the previous increases are still being disputed”. According to him the increased bankruptcy of businesses, leading to excessive job losses should indicate that the metro’s economy cannot sustain any further increases. “They are only impoverishing the public and halting the economy”. Gerber said in difficult economic time, rate payers need alleviation, but instead the municipality is ‘milking the cow dry’. “Should they hike rates and taxes further beyond the means of individuals and businesses; the economy will undoubtedly be destroyed beyond repair’. … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Energy Saving, Green, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Geysers, Solar Power, Water Conservation, Yes Solar
Tagged Electricity Rates, Municipal Rates Increase, Municipal Services Rates, Natural Resources, Nelson Mandela Metropole, Save Electricity, Yes Solar
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Disruption in Water Supply
Residents requested to save water as transformer malfunction could affect supply Residents from large parts of Nelson Mandela Bay could experience the disruption in their water supply by lunch time today after an electrical transformer at the Loerie Water Treatment Works malfunctioned last night. This affects the pumping of water to some of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s supply reservoirs.Repairs to the transformer is under way but it is unlikely that power will be restored before 14:00 today. The affected areas are Westering, Framesby, Sunridge Park, Kabega Park, Cotswold, Linton Grange, Lorraine, Ben Kamma, Kamma Park, Weybridge Park, Kragga Kamma, Sherwood, Kunene Park, Rowallan Park, Shauderville and Malabar. Residents from these areas are requested to urgently cut the non-essential use of water. Issued on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality by Media Management Officer Kupido Baron (082 780 2726/041 502 0000).
Posted in Dam Levels, Rainwater Harvesting, safe water, Water Conservation, Water Tanks
Tagged Dam Levels, Loerie Dam, Loerie Water Treatment Works, Natural Resources, Nelson Mandela Metropole, Port Elizabeth, Rainfall figures, Rainwater Harvesting, Saving water, Water usage, Waterproblem, Waterwise
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Moontlike Kragtekort in Nelson Mandela Metro
Indien kragverbruik nie dringend met ten minste 10% verminder nie, kan inwoners hulle gereed maak vir beurtkrag. So waarsku Eskom, die nasionale kragvoorsiener, wat al vir die afgelope paar weke sukkel om aan die verwagte vraag te voorsien. Die kragvoorsiener- wat veral sukkel om die mas op te kom tussen 5nm en 9nm- voorspel n krag-tekort van 9 terrawatt uur. Dit is gelykstaande aan die operasionale bestuur van n 1000MW-kragstasie. Volgens Roland Williams, munisipale direkteur van kommunikasie, is die Metro se elektrisiteit-aanvraag net onder 700MW. “Die Metro beskik nie eens oor n kragstasie of substasie wat naastenby 1000MW krag kan opwek nie.” Eskom se uitvoerende hoof, Brian Dames, het gesê die kragstelsel sal vir die volgende 5 jaar onder geweldige druk verkeer. “Die instandhouding-agterstand het oor die jare onvolhoubaar geword. Spaarsamigheid wanneer dit by kragverbruik kom, het dus n noodsaaklikheid geword om ‘spasie’ te skep vir Eskom om sy instandhoudingsskedule te implementer,” het Dames gesê. Volgens Williams het Eskom die Metro verlede week gewaarsku dat daar n ernstige tekort aan krag is. “Ons moedig alle inwoners en besighede aan om krag so spaarsamig as moontlik te gebruik. Indien al ons verbruikers 10% van hule gewone verbruik bespaar, sal dit die … Continue reading
New Product from Jojo Tanks
New Tank Alert from Jojo Tanks: This smart device will allow you to view your water tank levels from the comfort of you home or office. The kit contains an electronic gauge which measures the water level in your tank and transmit that information to a receiver located where you can comfortably monitor it. Communication distance to the receiver is greater than 200m, and measurement resolution is down to 1cm. Get yourself one and you will be the lucky person monitoring the water level of your JoJo tank from the comfort of your favourite armchair! AVAILABLE FROM WATER RHAPSODY EC FOR ONLY R1127 incl. (R1495) with installation in Port Elizabeth.
World Wetlands Day, 2 February
What is World Wetlands Day? 2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Each year since 1997, the Ramsar Secretariat has provided materials so that government agencies, non-governmental organizations, conservation organizations, and groups of citizens can help raise public awareness about the importance and value of wetlands. Ramsar Convention defines wetlands as “areas of marsh, fen , peat land or water, whether natural or artificial, permanent or temporary with water that is static or flowing, fresh, brackish or salt, including areas of marine water the depth of which at low tide does not exceed six meters” . Such definition would include rivers, lakes, swamps, marshes, wet grasslands, estuaries, deltas, mangroves, coral reefs, human-made sites such as fish ponds, rice paddies, reservoir, and salt pans among others. Phosphate film with Jeremy Westgarth-Taylor
Posted in Climate Change, Environmentally Friendly, Go Green, Grey Water Recycling, Recycle, safe water, Water Conservation, Water Tanks
Tagged 2 February, Jeremy Westgarth-Taylor, Natural Resources, Phosphate in water, Ramsar, Water Rhapsody, Water sources, Water tanks, Waterproblem, World Wetland Day
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