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: Eastern Cape
Harvest Rainwater with Jojo Tanks!
It’s time to start preparing to harvest rainwater at your house of business. Be ready to collect rainwater for your house, garden, your pool, laundry or for whatever need you might have for rainwater. As Jojo Dealers and one of their listed preferred installers, Water Rhapsody is offering the 2500l for R1550 and the 5000l for R2785 (incl VAT & Delivery) until the end of October 2011. So hurry, order your tank(s) now and we will visit you for a no-obligation quote on the installation thereof. We might be in the unfortunate position of having water restrictions again in the future, so start now becoming independent of Municipal supply. 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.
Posted in Climate Change, Dam Levels, Environmentally Friendly, Go Green, Rainwater Harvesting, safe water, Water Conservation, Water Tanks
Tagged 2500 L, 2500L - R1550, 5000 L, 5000L - R2785, Eastern Cape, eco-friendly, JoJo Tanks, Jojo's tank Prices, Municipal Supply, Natural Resources, Nelson Mandela Metropole, Off the Grid, Rainwater Harvesting, Tank Special Offer, Water Conservation, Water Tank Installers, Water tanks
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Kouga Dam Yesterday
Morning ! Just want to share this beautiful picture of Kouga Dam with you from yesterday, what a amazing site !!! Regards Victor It truly is! Thank you for sharing this with us Victor. -Water Rhapsody Eastern Cape
Nelson Mandela Bay Dams are now all full!
All the supply dams to the Nelson Mandela Bay are now overflowing. The Impofu Dam was the last dam to reach the 100% capacity mark. The last time all the dams overflowed at the same time was in June 2007. Last year this time the combined capacity was 33.7% This could mean that the water restrictions be totally lifted. The Department of Water Affairs said it would lift the restrictions when the combined capacity of the Impofu and Churchill dams reach a combined capacity of 85%. Does this means that the scarcity of water in the metropole is something of the past? No!, warns Mr Dewalt Coetzee, director: southern operations from the department of water affairs. Full dams are not an indication of plenty of water. South Africa is a water scares country and if we waste the water now and the rains stays away again, we might be back to water restrictions within a year’s time. The long term weather forecast predicts another dry season. Lets all work together to keep on saving water. Water Rhapsody, a leader in the manufacturing and installation of water conservation systems will visit your premises and advise you on affordable and sustainable water … Continue reading
Restrictions remain for Metro
Despite calls from businesses and residents to drop restrictions, the municipality would not say when water restrictions would be dropped or eased. “We have not yet received any official notification from Water Affairs explaining when it will lift its restrictions,” spokesperson Kupido Baron said yesterday. Eastern Cape Water Affairs spokesperson Mandilakhe Zenzile said the department’s amended restrictions on the Bay’s water consumption were about to be gazetted and simply needed the signature of director-general Trevor Balzer. Senior water officials said 2 days ago that although the Water Affairs Department was still in process of handling proposals which would allow the Bay to use 100% of its quota from the Kouga Dam, the city could draw “as much as it likes” while the Loerie Dam overflowed.
Posted in Dam Levels, Rainwater Harvesting, safe water, Water Conservation, Water Tanks, Weather
Tagged Dam Levels, Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, Eastern Cape, Nelson Mandela Bay Restrictions, PE Water Restrictions, Restrictions, Water Restrictions, Water tanks, Water Tariffs
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Wind Power in South Africa
Kilian Hagemann, director at G7 Renewable Energies (one of SA’s leading large-scale wind farm developers), rates wind power as the leading technology available to meet South Africa’s renewable energy targets. “It’s the only technology that has really been successfully rolled out on a large scale worldwide and we have a wide variety of international projects to learn from to ensure a successful implementation in SA. According to Hagemann, South Africa can expect to see its first large-scale wind farms operating in late 2013 if the procurement process is concluded by the end of this year.” “We expect the SA market for wind-power to grow significantly over the next three years. I’ve had various meeting with role-players, including government officials, and it seems clear to me that the current SA administration is intent upon moving increasingly towards renewable as far as energy supply is concerned.” Applications for at least 88 wind farms have been received by the Eastern and Western Cape authorities and some of these wind farms are expected to have as many as 600 turbines located on them.
Latest Rainfall Figures in Eastern Cape
EASTERN CAPE 03 July 2011 CAPE ST FRANCIS 28 FLOWER RESERVE 10 JOUBERTINA AWS 01 NGQURA (COEGA) 03 PORT ELIZABETH 11 THIRD AVENUE DIP 26 TSITSIKAMMA 15
Latest Rainfall Figures as on 26 & 27 June 2011
EASTERN CAPE 26/06 08:00 ADDO ELEPHANT PARK 02 BISHO 02 CAPE ST FRANCIS 18 FLOWER RESERVE ARS 14 GRAHAMSTOWN 07 JOUBERTINA AWS 15 NGQURA (COEGA) 06 PATENSIE 02 PORT ALFRED – AIRPORT 11 PORT ELIZABETH AWS 29 EASTERN CAPE 27/06 08:00 ADDO ELEPHANT PARK 01 BARKLY-OOS (CAERLEON) 02 BISHO 02 CAPE ST FRANCIS 13 DOHNE – AGR 01 EAST LONDON WO 03 GRAHAMSTOWN 10 JOUBERTINA AWS 08 NGQURA (COEGA) 05 PATENSIE 02 PORT ALFRED – AIRPORT 15 PORT ELIZABETH AWS 48 PORT ELIZABETH-LOVEMORE RES ARS 47 TSITSIKAMMA 10 UITENHAGE 02
Posted in Rainwater Harvesting
Tagged Dam Levels, Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, Rain fall, Rainfall figures, Water tanks
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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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Latest Rainfall figures as on 10 June 2011
Eastern Cape Rainfall figures for the last 24 hours ending at 08:00 on 9 June 2011 as supplied by Weather SA: ADDO ELEPHANT PARK 37 ALIWAL-NORTH PLAATKOP 09 BARKLY-OOS (CAERLEON) 02 BRIDLE DRIFT DAM ARS 27 BUFFELSFONTEIN 09 CAPE ST FRANCIS 31 DOHNE – AGR 14 EAST LONDON WO 29 FLOWER RESERVE ARS 33 FORT BEAUFORT 18 GRAAFF – REINET 24 GRAHAMSTOWN 24 JAMESTOWN 07 JOUBERTINA AWS 26 KLIPPLAAT ARS 24 LADY GREY – IDEAL 08 MIDDELBURG C/K – TNK 20 NAHOON DAM ARS 23 NGQURA (COEGA) 54 PATENSIE 63 PORT ALFRED – AIRPORT 56 PORT ELIZABETH AWS 23 SOMERSET EAST 23 ST ALBANS PRISON ARS 45 THIRD AVENUE DIP ARS 36 TSITSIKAMMA 32 UITENHAGE 87 UMTHATHA WO 03 WILLOWMORE 06
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Tagged Dam Levels, Eastern Cape, Rain fall, Rainfall figures, 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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