Helen Zille speaks on Cape Town water crisis
SABC Digital News - Published on Jan 22, 2018
The hashtags, DayZero and WaterCrisis have been trending this week in reference to February the first, when taps in the Western Cape province are expected to run dry. Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, was set to meet with the National Disaster Management team yesterday and she’s also reported to have written a letter to president Jacob Zuma, asking him to declare the water situation a national disaster. She joins us now from our SeaPoint studio.
Water crisis in Cape Town as ‘day zero’ approaches
Guardian News - Published on Feb 3, 2018
After years of severe drought, Cape Town officials are preparing to shut off mains water supplies to a million homes. Residents have also been asked to limit their use to 50 litres a day as ‘day zero’ approaches
Is Cape Town facing a future without water?
Al Jazeera English - Streamed live on Dec 20, 2017
May 18, 2018 is being called “Day Zero” in South Africa. By that day, the country’s second largest city is projected to be without water and its dams at catastrophic levels. So how did Cape Town reach this point?
South Africa is experiencing a major drought. 2017 was the driest year in decades, and the third successive year of poor rainfall. Dams have gone unreplenished, underground aquifers are tapped out, springs and boreholes are running dry. Calls by the mayor’s office to the city’s more than 4 million residents to cut water use to less than 87 litres per person have gone unheeded. Fines have been flouted. And water has already been shut down for several hours a day in areas outside the city center.
Climatologists have pointed to climate change as a possible factor. And future projections show a shift towards a drier climate. Some activists even say the water crisis is political. They blame poor cooperation and coordination between the African National Congress ruling party, and the local and provincial government of the Western Cape run by the Democratic Alliance. Western Cape government officials say appeals to declare the province a disaster zone went unheeded by the ANC for months.
But a recent report by the South African Water Caucus found financial mismanagement and corruption in the local Department of Water and Sanitation, and that the city responded to warning signals too late.
On Wednesday we’ll take a look at the debate around the root of the crisis, and how Cape Town is planning for the near future. Join us at 1930GMT.
Cape Town Crisis Worsens, Water Rationing Put In Place
NDTV - Published on Feb 2, 2018
Water crisis continues to grip Cape Town, which is set to become the first major world metropolitan to run out of water if stringent water measures that have been put in place from today at only 50 litres of water per person per day come into effect. The city is desperate to avoid what is called day zero, or the day taps will run dry and 4 million people will have to stand in lines to get just 25 litres of water per person per day.
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Published on Feb 17, 2010
This man uses 3 old hot tubs to store rainwater for his gardens. How to stop mosquitoes from generating in your stored water ( fish, covered tanks, mosquito dunks), planning a useful flow rates for distribution, system sizing, slower watering and swales for better water retention in gardens, keeping algae out of your tanks by minimizing light infiltration, recognizing how much better rainwater is for your garden.
EasyOn Gutter Guard is used to keep leaves, redwood tree needles and roof sand grit out of the gutter and a huge 15,000 gallon rainwater catchment system for a homeowner in California.
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This is how my gravity fed spring water works at the Luck Cabin. It brings water down to outside the house, inside, and to my animals. It’s amazing and very simple. The spring water is super cold and tastes sweet pure.
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Our water can come from a range of sources.
Surface water is water from creeks and rivers, stored in dams and weirs. In South East Queensland, surface water is the most common source of drinking water.
No single water supply option can meet South East Queensland’s long-term water security needs. As a community, we need to consider our demand for water, the water supply options available to us and the way we operate the SEQ Water Grid.
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Check Dams
Soil erosion is a challenge throughout the world. Soil erosion results in the loss of soil and loss of usable land. If left unmanaged erosion will result in gullies. It is important to manage erosion in order to prevent the loss of valuable soil and to maintain the area of usable land. One technique for managing soil erosion and gullies is the construction of check dams. The check dams trap the sediment behind the check dam and slowly reclaim the land. This also helps to prevent downstream impacts. Eventually the land can be reused. There are different types of check dams depending on the severity of the gully and the rate of flow of the water e.g. simple vegetation barriers, to more hardy stone based check dams. This video demonstrates how to construct check dams in erosion channels or for gully reclamation.
How Things Work : How Do Water Springs Work?
Water springs are created when water is filtered through permeable rock in the ground and then flows downhill until it reaches ground level. Learn about how water springs work with tips from a math and science teacher in this free video on water spring.
My Gravity Fed Spring Water System
This is how my gravity fed spring water works at the Luck Cabin. It brings water down to outside the house, inside, and to my animals. It’s amazing and very simple. The spring water is super cold and tastes sweet pure.
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ACCESS TO STORED WATER:
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