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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Tag Archives: Drought
Kouga dam is full!
Pictures of the Kouga dam on 12 June 2011.
Posted in Dam Levels, Rainwater Harvesting
Tagged Dam Levels, Drought, Eastern Cape, Rainwater Harvesting
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Storm activity over Nelson Mandela Bay area
31 May 2011, 8:17
Posted in Rainwater Harvesting, Water Tanks
Tagged Drought, Eastern Cape, Nelson Mandela Metropole, Port Elizabeth, Rain fall
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Hydraulic Fracturing planning in the Karoo
Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, has been used since the 1950s to stimulate oil and gas wells. The process involves pumping a sand-laden slurry into a well and subjecting it to enough pressure that the rocks in the productive formation fracture, or break. The purpose of the sand is to prop open the fracture, so it stays in place. The carrying fluid can then flow back out of the well, along with oil and gas if it’s been a successful frac. The technique of hydraulic fracturing is used to increase or restore the rate at which fluids, such as oil, gas or water, can be produced from a reservoir, including unconventional reservoirs such as shale rock or coal beds. Hydraulic fracturing enables the production of natural gas and oil from rock formations deep below the earth’s surface (generally 5,000-20,000 feet or 1,500-6,100 m). At such depth, there may not be sufficient porosity and permeability to allow natural gas and oil to flow from the rock into the wellbore at economic rates. For example, creating conductive fractures in the rock is essential to produce gas from shale reservoirs because of the extremely low natural permeability of shale. The fracture provides a conductive path connecting a larger area of the … Continue reading
Posted in safe water, Water Conservation
Tagged Drought, eco-friendly, Fracking, Global Concern, Karoo, Natural Resources, Water sources, Water usage, Waterproblem
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Water Restrictions 2012
Read this interesting views and motivation for the Water Rhapsody Systems by Jeremy Westgarth-Taylor. Most of the facts are also applicable to the situation in the Eastern Cape. “Does it take a genius to predict drought? While the fear of water restrictions work in favour of those of us who are involved in water conservation, it would be preferable for all of us to have smoothed restrictions rather than an all or nothing scenario. All of us mean the population at large, the municipality, the Department of Environmental Affairs as well as Water Rhapsody. Please let me explain?
Posted in Dam Levels, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Conservation, Weather
Tagged Dam Levels, Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, Desalination Plant, Drought, Eastern Cape, Jeremy Taylor, Water Conservation, Water Restrictions, Water Rhapsody, Water shortage, Water sources, Water Stress, Water tanks, Water Tariffs, Yes Solar
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Radio Interview with Water Rhapsody’s Founder
We are proud to share this interview with Jeremy Westgarth-Taylor on SAFM with everybody. After reading through this, we hope the necessity of harvesting rainwater, specially through the Water Rhapsody System, will become not only a consideration to you, but a must-have to all households and businesses. Try to make use of natural water supply to help keep you going during the times when water is scarce. Radio Interview on SAFM 104 – 107 with Karabo 14hr30. 18 January 2011 TRANSCRIPT NOT VERBATIM Are we doing enough to control flooding? On the line we have Jeremy the founder of Water Rhapsody. Welcome Jeremy, are we doing enough to control flooding? J Flooding should not be seen as a bad thing. Water that reaches the sea from rivers is not wasted water. Estuaries need floods to be able to function as estuaries. Rivers need to have the mouths to the sea scoured from flooding which makes a flood a good thing. Estuaries are places where sea fish swim during floods to breed and spawn to procreate more, and because of over extraction of water from rivers, there is between three and four percent of fish left in the sea that there … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Dam Levels, Green, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Conservation, Water Tanks, Weather
Tagged Augment Supply, Dam Levels, Drought, Eastern Cape, Flood Control, Flooding, Natural Resources, Rain fall, Rainwater Harvesting, Saving water, Water Rhapsody, Water tanks
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Use a Water Tank for your Garden
Using rainwater tanks is the perfect way for you to create the garden of your dreams and keep it green all year round. One of the biggest drains of a city’s water supply can come from people using their water for gardening. Most people enjoy the look of beautiful lawns and lush gardens, however this is using precious water that is needed for bathing, cooking or drinking. Gardens account for most of the water used in the home and is therefore the biggest domestic contributer to the water shortage. No matter what type of water problems you are experiencing and whether you stay in Western/Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Natal or anywhere else in the world for that matter, there is a way to have lush gardens without using up your city’s water supply. To build a system that is suitable for your garden, you need to calculate
Rain=Water=Watertanks
Daily Rainfall over South Africa to the nearest mm Preliminary 24-hour rainfall data ending at 08:00 on the 2010-06-15 Rainfall in whole mm EASTERN CAPE ADDO ELEPHANT PARK 17 BISHO 08 CAPE ST FRANCIS 12 DOHNE – AGR 01 EAST LONDON WO 07 ELANDS RIVER-BOSBOK RAND 25 ELLIOT 01 FLOWER RESERVE ARS 23 FORT BEAUFORT 04 GRAAFF – REINET 09 GRAHAMSTOWN 22 JOUBERTINA AWS 16 KRIEGERS KRAAL ARS 07 NGQURA (COEGA) 14 PATENSIE 14 PORT ALFRED – AIRPORT 26 PORT ELIZABETH WO 29 QUEENSTOWN 02 SOMERSET EAST 11 ST ALBANS PRISON ARS 27 THIRD AVENUE DIP ARS 36 TSITSIKAMMA 52 UITENHAGE 07 UMTHATHA WO 01 WILLOWMORE 09 Recently I had a conversation with a friend, discussing ‘Helping other people’, and how difficult it is sometimes so have the right tools, the know-how, the correct place or timing, the money and so the list (excuses!) go on. And how frustrating (or easy) it is, to sit back and wait for something to happen. When nothing happens, or even if the situation become worst….. who have you got to blame? My friend’s advice was: “Use what you got in your hands!” It might only be a phone for listening, it might … Continue reading
24h Rainfall – Get Water tanks from Water Rhapsody NOW!
Daily Rainfall over South Africa to the nearest mm Preliminary 24-hour rainfall data ending at 08:00 on the 2010-06-09 Rainfall in whole mm EASTERN CAPE ADDO ELEPHANT PARK 02 ALEXANDRIA – POL 01 CAPE ST FRANCIS 14 FLOWER RESERVE ARS 05 HUMANSDORP 13 JOUBERTINA AWS 05 KAREEDOUW – POL 12 NGQURA (COEGA) 04 PATENSIE 15 PORT ELIZABETH WO 12 ST ALBANS PRISON ARS 13 THIRD AVENUE DIP ARS 16 TSITSIKAMMA 07 UITENHAGE 05 WILLOWMORE 03
Rain-making lasers could trigger showers on demand
Lasers that stimulate condensation may help to induce rain artificially. Zeeya Merali Make rain while the laser shines.J-P. Wolf / University of Geneva The rain dance is getting a twenty-first-century revamp using laser technology. Optical physicists have demonstrated that shooting lasers into the air can trigger the formation of water droplets, a technique that could one day help to stimulate rainfall. For more than 50 years, efforts to try to artificially induce rain have concentrated on ‘cloud seeding’ — scattering small particles of silver iodide into the air to act as ‘condensation nuclei’, or centres around which rain droplets can grow. “The problem is, it’s still not clear that cloud seeding works efficiently,” says optical physicist Jérôme Kasparian at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. “There are also worries about how safe adding silver iodide particles into the air is for the environment.” Kasparian and his colleagues realized that there might be a more environmentally friendly alternative. Firing a laser beam made up of short pulses into the air ionizes nitrogen and oxygen molecules around the beam to create a plasma, resulting in a ‘plasma channel’ of ionized molecules. These ionized molecules could act as natural condensation nuclei, Kasparian explains. … Continue reading
Saving Water in industry
by Michelle Hardy-Berrington – Business Link Magazine Wastage of water by business is both antisocial in times of drought and a waste of money. Business Link has uncovered the following hints to help save water and improve the bottom line: Grey water Many business processes can make use of dirty or “grey” used water. An audit of “grey” water, and evaluating how this could be reused will often reveal significant areas for water conservation and cost savings. A variety of filtration methods is available to pre-treat grey water before it is recycled. Cleaning tools There are many common cleaning agents that do not require the use of buckets of water or hosepipes. Using scrapers, squeegees, brushes or hoses to clean an area can reduce the cleaning time and thus save water. Johan Erasmus from Auto Cleaning & Valet Services provides examples of water-free agents: “We use non water-based products such as paraffin, engine cleaners, solvents and foam products to clean the under-bodies and engines of vehicles,” says Erasmus. Sprays and jets can have a dramatic impact on how much water is used. New technology allows companies to use much lower pressures, which saves water overall. “When we use water in … Continue reading
