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Dept. of Water & Environmental Affairs: Clean water not their problem

By on July 20, 2012 in Harvesting Rainwater, JOJO, jojo tank prices, JoJo Tanks, JOJO TENKE, JOJO WATER TANKS, LOCAL TANK DEALERS, plastic water tanks, Pollution, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RAINWATER TANKS, South Africa water, TANK STANDS, TENK, WATER, WATER CONSERVATION, water quality management, water quality South Africa, water storage, WATER TANK, water tank dealers, water tank installation, WATER TANK PRICES, water tanks

THE Department of Water and Environmental Affairs is passing the buck on who should be responsible for providing communities with clean drinking water. Its spokesman, Mava Scott, yesterday argued that the constitution placed the responsibility of providing water services to communities on local municipalities, not on Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa, or her […]

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Effects of Rainwater and Water pH on Plant Growth

By on June 28, 2010 in rainwater, rainwater harvesting, Uncategorized

Visit Ecovitality to read about eco-health and Sevenpointfive natural health supplements (good quality drinking water is one of Sevenpointfive’s core principles for acquiring and maintaining good health). Rainwater Rainwater is generally an excellent source of irrigation for plants. Plants are not only watered when it actually rains, but rainwater can be collected in buckets and […]

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Why Harvest the Rain?

By on May 25, 2010 in rainwater harvesting

Rain water harvesting is simply collecting, storing and purifying the naturally soft and pure rainfall that falls upon your roof. Rainwater may be utilized for both potable and non-potable requirements such as drinking, cooking, bathing (potable quality), swimming pool replenishment, toilet flushing laundry (reduces detergent & bleach), landscape irrigation and livestock & animals. Rainwater harvesting […]

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Competing for Limpopo Water

By on April 29, 2010 in climate change

Climate change will bring higher temperatures to Southern Africa while changing rainfall patterns will affect the amount of water available for food production. “Irrigation is often listed as an adaptation strategy for farmers, but no one has really looked at the impact of climate change on irrigation,” said Claudia Ringler, a Senior Research Fellow at […]

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