When a water tank is required, whether it be for a rainwater harvesting system or for storing water from other sources, many buyers will need to decide whether it should be a plastic/polyethylene water tank or a steel water tank. Before any advantages/disadvantages of plastic water tanks and steel water tanks are discussed, there must […]
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Rainwater harvesting: Rain gardens combine form & function
Rainwater harvesting is becoming an important consideration in many parts of the world, including South Africa. Whether rain is used for rain gardens or whether it is stored in rain water tanks for domestic or industrial use, rainwater harvesting has many beneficial environmental and financial aspects. There are photos of many garden design ideas, including […]
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South Afican businesses becoming aware of water’s strategic value
Just over 70% of a group of South African JSE-listed companies surveyed had already experienced financial loss because of water issues, according to a London-based research company that, with the National Business Initiative (NBI), looks at South African companies’ water use. South Africa is predicted to run out of water as soon as 2015, and […]
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How are ‘Rotomoulded’ water tanks made?
Rotomoulding or rotational moulding is a low pressure, high temperature plastic forming process that uses heat and biaxial rotation (i.e., angular rotation on two axes) to produce hollow, single-piece parts. Disadvantages are long production cycles —only one or two cycles per hour can typically occur, compared to other processes like injection molding, where parts can […]
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Water tanks: steel, fibreglass, plastic…which type to buy?
When it comes to choosing a water tank, there are a bewildering number of types, sizes and brands to choose from, varying from cheap, inferior tanks to very expensive, high quality tanks. There needs to be a balance of price, quality as well as longevity and a few other factors must be considered. It does […]
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Why build a Rain Garden?
Raingardens are one of the best landscaping design ideas to come out of Melbourne’s recent drought and water shortage conditions. With more ideas like these, the health of Melbourne’s rivers and creeks is guaranteed to improve. Why is stormwater such a problem for our rivers and creeks? Each year about 500 billion litres of stormwater […]
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Cleaning and disinfecting water tankers & water storage tanks
Introduction It is often necessary to quickly provide a basic water supply during and shortly after an emergency. This may be because the normal supply has been damaged or destroyed, or because people collect in a place where no water supply exists (a new refugee camp, for example). Often the quickest way of providing a […]
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Oman: Protection of potable water resources stressed
MUSCAT — A three-day workshop on ‘Regions for the Protection of Water Supplies Well Fields’, organized by the Environment and Climate Affairs Ministry, in association with government institutions, began yesterday under the auspices of Dr Abdulmunim bin Mansour bin Said al Hasani, Minister of Information, in the presence of Mohammed bin Salim al Toobi, Minister […]
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Karoo fracking investigation receiving full Cabinet attention
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for shale gas in the Karoo basin is receiving full Cabinet attention, although no declaration on whether a moratorium on fracking would be lifted could be made at this stage, Cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi said on Wednesday.
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