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Believe it or not, but I was just informed that someone in our area was diagnosed with bilharzia. No, not from swimming in the dam…. from taking a bath! Bilharzia is a human disease caused by parasitic worms. Over one billion humans are at risk worldwide and approximately 300 millions are infected. Bilharzia is common . . . → Read More: Bilharzia from taking a bath! 
Can you drink rainwater? In the past the answer would’ve been yes, without a doubt, but unfortunately today there are a few different opinions. Rainwater does contain pollutants, soil, plant parts, insect parts, bacteria, algae, and sometimes radioactive materials that the rain has washed out of the air. If filtered however, you could probably drink . . . → Read More: Drinking rainwater? 
The new way of getting a complete car ‘wash’ – Eco Steam Clean. It has all the benefits of a regular ‘water’ wash, but also adds in the benefit that heated steam can disinfect, deodorise, remove stains and kill bacteria. You have a complete car wash that uses only 3 – 4L of water per . . . → Read More: Eco Steam Clean 
If you still have any doubt about rainwater harvesting please read the following article. According to this article America will have water shortages in 2013. It has already been predicted for South Africa to run into trouble this year, 2012. Don’t wait. Start harvesting your rainwater now. Water Rhapsody provides many solutions for the . . . → Read More: For Cities With Water Shortages, Don’t Blame It On The Rain! Five suspected rhino poachers appeared in the Brit’s Magistrate’s Court in North West last Wednesday. “They were arrested last Tuesday, as part of on-going investigations” said provincial police spokesman, Brigadier Thulani Ngubane. He said police are on a drive to curb this great concern facing the country. Apparently a syndicate had been operating near Assen . . . → Read More: Rhino poachers arrested near Brits. 
According to Prof. Martin Funk, Head of the Section of Glaciology at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, the reason why glaciers are retreating is because of the melt rate that depends on the relative magnitude of all of the energy in the system. If temperature . . . → Read More: Melting ice in the Swiss Alps 
Status of South African rivers : Almost all the water tested from South African rivers, especially those running near informal setlements showed evidence of either sewage pollution (high E.coli, varied phosphate, sulphate and nitrate levels) or mining pollution (low pH values, high electrical conductivity, high sulphate values and Bacterial Content). The solutions are there, but . . . → Read More: Status of South African rivers Extreme heat or extreme cold, but extrememe it is! It is almost unbearable in the Hartbeespoort area. You cannot afford to ignore the SLIP on a shirt, SLOP on sunscreen and SLAP on a hat campaign. According to Dr. Dagmar Whitaker skin cancer is more common than all other cancerns combined. Reapplying sunscreen may not . . . → Read More: Slip – Slop – Slap There are approximately 250 functional estuaries in South Africa, together making up about 70 000 ha of one of the country’s most productive habitats. Estuaries are well-known for their biodiversity, productive fish and invertebrate fisheries and forthe important functions that they perform, such as providing nursery areas for marine fish, conduits for species which move . . . → Read More: South African estuaries – one of the most threatened habitats in the country. If we go according to what we are told we should be enjoying a slightly better quality water in the North West soon, AFTER Madibeng Municipality paid the outstanding amount of R1,4million. Well……… let’s wait and see….. It is indeed good news. Hopefully we will have no more green algae baths/showers. This does not mean . . . → Read More: Rand Water in the North West |
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