Drip irrigation: An efficient and economical way to water your garden, saving time, money, and water. What Is Drip Irrigation? Drip irrigation is an efficient and economical method of watering. Used commonly in dry regions with scarce water resources, the use of drip irrigation is increasing. This irrigation method is typically more than 90% efficient […]
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Rate of environmental degradation puts life on Earth at risk, say scientists
Humans are “eating away at our own life support systems” at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years by degrading land and freshwater systems, emitting greenhouse gases and releasing vast amounts of agricultural chemicals into the environment, new research has found. Two major new studies by an international team of researchers have pinpointed the […]
Read MoreSouth Africa Faces Looming Water Crisis, Star Says
By Jacqueline Mackenzie January 05, 2015 South Africans use 235 liters (62 gallons) of water a day compared with the international average of 173 liters, and this is pushing the country into a water crisis, the Johannesburg-based Star newspaper reported, citing an Institute for Security Studies report. Jakkie Cilliers, co-author of the report entitled “Parched […]
Read MoreInfrastructure upgrades must continue – Zuma
Improvements to water and energy infrastructure must continue in the new year, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday. “[In 2014], we celebrated the milestone of 11-million connections to electricity since 1994,” he said in his new year’s statement. “This successful programme has brought into sharp focus the need to speed up the upgrading and expansion […]
Read MorePoultry farm accused of polluting
01 December 2014 A poultry farm in Remhoogte in the Skeerpoort area is being accused of polluting the Magalies River, and subsequently the Hartbeespoort Dam. The Blue Scorpions visited the area this month and took water samples at the outlet from the Eagles Valley poultry plant’s purification dams into the Magalies River, as well as […]
Read MoreWater crisis a ‘mammoth problem’
Edna Molewa says government has both the resources and will to act on SA’s water crisis. Alex Eliseev | 11 months ago JOHANNESBURG – Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has described South Africa’s water emergency as a “mammoth problem” which is receiving a “mammoth response”. Molewa was responding to an investigation by Eyewitness […]
Read MoreWater Reuse: Use It, Don’t Lose It
“I like to say no matter what the flavor of water is, it’s still water, and now, because of economic reasons and shortages, we’re looking at how to use any kind of water to its best advantage.” – Bob Ohlund, vice president for infrastructure and water resources for Dudek Thursday, November 06, 2014 By Carol […]
Read MoreHard Wisdom for Scarce Water
NOV 28, 2014 Moshe Alamaro is a research affiliate in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT and Chief Technology Officer of More Aqua, Inc. CAMBRIDGE – In California, residential consumers are being fined for wasting water. The goal is to combat a severe drought by reducing residential consumption by 20%. The […]
Read MoreRainwater Harvesting Seen as Solution for Drought and Flood Control
In Kenyan cities like Nairobi, rainwater harvesting is seen as a solution to multiple problems. NAIROBI – Bitter irony: in recent years Nairobi has experienced severe flooding and widespread water shortages, due to poor urban planning and collapsing infrastructure systems that are failing to support the Kenyan capital’s expanding population. Large parts of the city […]
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