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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EC Rainfall figures 09 May 2011
Here is the latest rainfall figures for the last 24 hours as on 09 June 2011 Dam levels wil be updated in the days to come. Our client’s tanks are overflowing and they will not use any municipal water for some time to come. EASTERN CAPE ADDO ELEPHANT PARK 26 ALL SAINTS AWS 07 BISHO 55 BUFFELSFONTEIN 04 CAPE ST FRANCIS 87 DOHNE – AGR 33 EAST LONDON WO 27 ELANDS RIVER-BOSBOK RAND 89 ELLIOT 06 FLOWER RESERVE ARS 75 FORT BEAUFORT 43 GRAHAMSTOWN 34 JOUBERTINA AWS 33 KLIPPLAAT ARS 03 KRIEGERS KRAAL ARS 26 NGQURA (COEGA) 56 PATENSIE 28 PORT ALFRED – AIRPORT 24 PORT ELIZABETH – RIVERSTONE BRIDGE ARS 63 PORT ELIZABETH AWS 38 PORT ELIZABETH-LOVEMORE RES ARS 66 QUEENSTOWN 21 SOMERSET EAST 09 TSITSIKAMMA 68 UITENHAGE 125 UMTHATHA WO 32 WILLOWMORE 03
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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Water Tanks -6 Reasons Why You Should Have One
There was a time – not that long ago – when almost every house had its own water tank and harvesting rainwater was something that just happened during the course of life, not a big environmental event. But as more and more people moved into towns and cities, we started using fresh town water and the tanks began to disappear from view. But in this time of drought when green citizens are trying to reduce their carbon footprint, water tanks have once again become a household fixture – and for more than just environmental reasons. A water tank is good for the environment, yes, but is also good for your lifestyle and your hip pocket. Here are some good reasons to install a water tank at your home or business: 1. Save water Water shortages resulting from the drought have made it more important than ever to conserve the water we have. South Africa receives from the least rainfall of all inhabited continents and water is the most valuable resource we have – we need it to live! 2. Keep town drinking water for drinking Instead of wasting fresh drinkable water on the garden, to wash the car or flush … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Rainwater Harvesting, safe water, Water Conservation, Water Tanks, Weather
Tagged Dam Levels, drought disaster area, Eastern Cape, going green, Natural Resources, Rain fall, Rainwater Harvesting, safe water, Saving water, Water Conservation, Water tanks, Water tips, Yes Solar
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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
Water tariffs increasing soon!
Nelson Mandela Bay residents can expect a massive increase in punitive water tariffs, applying to consumers who use more than 15 kilolitre per month. DA caucus leader: Leon de Villiers introduced an urgent motion at yesterday’s budget and treasury committee meeting, saying he had received notification on Monday evening that the municipality was poised to introduce a much higher punitive tariff. The letter, dated 11 May, said the decision followed a meeting of the water management committee on May 5 that had accepted the need for a ‘considerable’ increase in the light of the ongoing drought that has already seen the metro declared a disaster area. The details of the planned increase would be made available at next week’s joint meeting of bugdet and treasury and the mayoral committee, he was told. According to Water and Sanitation Director, Mr Barry Martin, the metro is experiencing the ravages of ’a green drought’. Rain has been received in the city areas, but unfortunately not where it is most necessary to supply the same area with daily water. A briefing on the Emergency Drought Implementaion Plan has been arranged for tomorrow. The combined capacity ot the metro’s dams currently stand at 35.05%. The Kouga … Continue reading
R750-Million for Desalination Plant not available
Two weeks ago I posted the report that our Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs (DWEA) Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has said that her department was forging ahead with plans to supply desalinated water to Cape Town, and furthermore extract water from the Table Mountain (TM) aquifer. This week it was reported in The Algoa Sun, that since Nelson Mandela Bay was declared a drought disaster area, very little has been done to pull the area out of the crisis. Municipal spokesman Kupido Baron says that since the declaration, the minutes of the meeting were send to the national and provincial disaster management centres. “We have received feedback from the national centre which has assessed the area and confirmed our situation,” said Baron. However, no funding has been made available to the municipality thus far. He said in the interim, funding would have to be allocated from the current municipal budget. According to Baron there are several facets of the disaster plan that have already been set in motion. They currently had four reputable companies working with the municipality to determine the environmental impact a deslination plant would have in and area.”An area close to the Swartkops power station on the Swartkops River has been identified … Continue reading
Posted in Grey Water Recycling, Rainwater Harvesting, Water Conservation, Weather
Tagged Dam Levels, drought disaster area, Eastern Cape, Greywater re-use, Port Elizabeth, Rain fall, Rainwater Harvesting, Saving water, Water Conservation, Water Restrictions, Water sources, Waterproblem
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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
24 Hour Rainfall EC
Daily Rainfall over South Africa to the nearest mm Preliminary 24-hour rainfall data ending at 08:00 on the 2010-04-29 Rainfall in whole mm EASTERN CAPE ADDO ELEPHANT PARK 48 BISHO 13 CAPE ST FRANCIS 22 DOHNE – AGR 09 EAST LONDON WO 07 ELANDS RIVER-BOSBOK RAND 15 FORT BEAUFORT 08 GRAHAMSTOWN 11 JOUBERTINA AWS 02 NAHOON DAM ARS 02 NGQURA (COEGA) 07 PATENSIE 05 PORT ELIZABETH WO 15 SOMERSET EAST 15 STEYNSBURG – POL 19 SWARTKOPS POWER STATION 15 THIRD AVENUE DIP ARS 50 TSITSIKAMMA 06 UITENHAGE 55 Port Elizabeth had an impressive amount of rainfall last night!! But unfortunately that was not the case with our catchment areas. Still, 02 – 05 mm is better than nothing. Start acting now! With 50mm of rain, you could have harvested approximately 8500 l of free, clean, pure rainwater! Contact us at Water Rhapsody, to give you a free quote on installing our Grand Opus, which includes the harvesting of rainwater from all possible roofarea, and making use of this heavenly water for your household, or whatever you might wish to use it for.
Metro to supply Water tanks to RDP Houses
“Ten directorates from the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro were requested by Dr. Sitembele Vatal, Director of the Metro’s Integrated Development Plan, to cut R750 000 from theirbudget to supply 1000 water tanks to governmental houses. They believe the water tanks will solve the current water crises in the Metro. The only problem with this project will be that none of the 40 square meter RDP house are equipped with gutters. Gutters are necessary to collect the rainwater and divert it to the water tanks. The total amount to be spend on the water tanks will be R7.5 million, which indicate that R7500 will be spend per water tank. Does this include the installation of gutters? No clear answers on this could be given, as the spokesperson for the Metro: Mr. Kupido Baron is currently participating in the SAMWU-strike. This project was not included in the water crisis plan that was approved by the Integrated Development Plan last month, but Mr. Vatala indicated that the water crisis in the Metro requested such drastic action. ” – Die Burger This project should also be an indication of the necessity for public to prepare their residents for rainwater harvesting, not only for gardening purposes, but mainly for household usage. This … Continue reading
Latest Rainfall in EC
Daily Rainfall over South Africa to the nearest mm Preliminary 24-hour rainfall data ending at 08:00 on the 2010-04-06 Rainfall in whole mm Eastern Cape ADDO ELEPHANT PARK 02 ALEXANDRIA – POL 12 ALIWAL-NORTH PLAATKOP 23 BUFFELSFONTEIN 16 BURGERSDORP – POL 18 CAPE ST FRANCIS 01 DOHNE – AGR 12 EAST LONDON WO 03 ELANDS RIVER-BOSBOK RAND 17 ELLIOT 08 FORT BEAUFORT 01 GRAAFF – REINET 02 HUMANSDORP 07 JAMESTOWN 13 KAREEDOUW – POL 05 LADY GREY – IDEAL 16 NAHOON DAM ARS 09 NGQURA (COEGA) 01 PATENSIE 04 PORT ALFRED – AIRPORT 05 PORT ELIZABETH WO 01 SWARTKOPS POWER STATION 01 THIRD AVENUE DIP ARS 03 UITENHAGE 13
