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The future of water in South Africa

All of us as individuals have a duty to conserve water, harvest our own supply of water and care for our country’s water resources. Read below for a rather dire forecast from Engineering News… Water shortages were likely to be more prevalent by 2025, unless proper action is taken to provide more water infrastructure, cautions [...]

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Western Cape approves 40% water use cut.

THE Western Cape Water Affairs Department has approved legislation that restricts annual water usage in drought stricken municipalities from Hessequa to Bitou by 40% with immediate effect. “The legislation is gazetted and will be implemented through by- laws in Hessequa, Mossel Bay, George, Knysna, Bitou and Beaufort West,” department provincial director Rashid Khan said in [...]

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