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Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 14 Nov 2011 The City of Cape Town has warned its residents they are likely to face water restrictions in the coming 12 months after poor rainfalls this year. Mayoral committee member for utility services Shehaam Sims [...] Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 04 Oct 2011 The water supply to houses in Kimberley will be cut for the next two nights to help restore reservoir water levels, the Sol Plaatje municipality said on Wednesday. The municipality is to restart [...] Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 03 Oct 2011 Residents of Polokwane Municipality, including the business sector, are being urged to drastically cut down on use of water with immediate effect as water reservoirs dry up. The main culprit is the continuous [...] Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 14 Sep 2011 South Africa will beef up its climate policy to ensure that all government departments responded well to the issue of climate change. While details were still sketchy on how this would be done, Water [...] Posted by: Saving Water SA (Cape Town, South Africa) – partnered with Water Rhapsody conservation systems – 05 Sep 2011 Agricultural methods need to be radically overhauled to ensure food production rises to meet increasing demand but that water resources are not depleted further by doing so, research showed on Monday.  An average 2,000-3,000 litres of water per day is needed to produce food per person A radical overhaul of agriculture could create farms that enhance, rather than degrade, the world’s ecosystems, said a report led by the United Nations’ Environment Programme and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). “Managing water for food and ecosystems will bring great benefits, but there is no escaping the urgency of the situation,” said David Molden, deputy director general for research at IWMI. “We are heading for disaster if we don’t change our practices from business as usual,” he added. Water limits are close to being “reached or being breached” in areas such as northern China, India’s Punjab and western United States, said the report, entitled ‘An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water and Food Security’. It warns that the number of people living in conditions of water scarcity could rise to 2 billion from 1.6 billion if the intensification of agriculture is not changed. Continue reading Water for food production close to limits |
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