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.
-
Author Archives: admin
Water Supply affected in Walmer
Press Release May 16, 2012 Water supply to several areas affected as leak on Airport runway are fixed The water supply to Walmer – below 7th Avenue, South End, Forest Hill, Humewood and some surrounding areas, will be affected today as a result of a water leak being repaired on the runway of the Port Elizabeth International Airport. The work could result in some areas having no water and others experiencing low water pressure for at least eight hours. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused by this unforeseen leak. Issued on behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality by Media Management Officer Kupido Baron (0827802726).
Give fracking a chance says department
Forever is a long time to guarantee that toxic fracking fluids don’t pollute the groundwater in the Karoo. The News in Brief” column on Thursday May 3rd “Give fracking a chance says department” refers. How strange it is that a department DEA (Department of Environmental Affairs) which ironically shares a ministerial portfolio with Water Affairs (DWEA) should suggest that fracking be given a chance and saying that there was “merit” in carrying out some hydraulic fracturing. There were no merits in what was reported though the report did mention one demerit in what they had said viz – “the avoidance of the contamination of fresh water resources” in the Karoo. So what in fact are the merits of fracking? As there were no meritorious things mentioned we have a chance to look at some of the negative things. Shell’s employees are on record as having said that they wish to burn the methane gas produced from fracking wells on their pad sites. These pads will be on somebodies farmlands, and they plan to generate electricity from the burning of the gas thus sending millions of tons of carbon dioxide per annum into the air. This will supplement the CO2 … Continue reading
Relative low water demand
March 7, 2012 Relative low water demand shows that residents heeded conservation call It is evident that residents are still responding to the call to safe water as the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s demand is relatively low for similar hot periods in the past when the water consumption is normally at its highest, said Standing Committee Chairperson for Infrastructure, Engineering and Energy, Cllr Andile Mfunda. Water demand is currently still at an average of 250 megaliters per day as oppose to the ±300 megaliters that it can reach during summer. His statement is especially meaningful as the country is currently celebrating National Water Week, spearheaded by the Department of Water Affairs that will culminate in World Water Day on Monday, 12 March. Cllr Mfunda thanked all citizens on behalf of the Municipality for their support in conserving water during the drought. “As part of the drought, we focused on Water Conservation and Water Demand Management, boreholes, the Nooitgedaght Low Level Scheme (NLLS) and a desalination plant. These four key areas will remain important into the immediate future. “The NLLS is progressing well and completion of Phase 1 is scheduled for October 2012 with Phase 2 schedule for completion in … Continue reading
Posted in Dam Levels, Go Green, Rainwater Harvesting, safe water, Water Conservation, Water Tanks
Tagged Dam Levels, Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, JoJo Tanks, Natural Resources, Nelson Mandela Metropole, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Restrictions, Water Rhapsody, Water tanks
Leave a comment
GREEN FUND RUN 2012 – Grahamstown
Help to improve environmental sustainability at Rhodes and in Grahamstown The Rhodes University Green Fund is designed to promote environmental sustainability at Rhodes and in Grahamstown more generally. This is a great opportunity for Grahamstown NGO’s to be part of the Grahamstown community and engage rivals through a team challenge. The idea is to challenge rivals (or friends) to enter and even race against each other. Ideally, the losing team would make a donation of a mutually agreed penalty to the Green Fund. Therefore, please: - encourage your staff and members to participate in the Green Fund Run, and - challenge competitors to enter the race. The relay race The race is at 4:30 pm on Sunday 18th March 2012 starting at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens on Lucas Street, Grahamstown. The Green Fund Run is in the form of a relay of 3 legs. Therefore, there will typically be 3 members per team each completing a distance of about 1.7 km (total distance = 5 km), but some teams may wish to have more than 1 member per leg while others may wish to have members complete more than 1 leg. Therefore, team size may vary depending upon … Continue reading
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
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
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
Leave a comment
