EISH!
Level 6 Water Restrictions - Cape Town
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EISH!
I haven't read this thread. But between what I have read on the water issue along with Parliament's decision to seize lands from white South Africans, I only can say I feel very worried for South Africans. I'm praying and hoping all those who may even be remotely in harm's way will get out to a safe place. So distraught!
Thanks @SthrnMixer the thing is, where could we go to? Emigration is an option for some - if you can find work in another country. I know a couple with two young kids who moved to New Zealand a year ago and they love it there. However, not everyone can or wants to do that. Home is still home!
I just came across something interesting - a JoJo on wheels!
https://www.builders.co.za/Save-Wat...nk---Wintergrass-(5500L)/p/000000000000156052
https://www.builders.co.za/Save-Wat...nk---Wintergrass-(5500L)/p/000000000000156052
Are they sure its 5500l? Or is there a part they are not showing or that is a huge wheelbarrow? Might be a typo and be 550l
But at that price its a real bargain nonetheless.
This was on my to do list this morning, a french drain for the garage roof downpipe. All my other downpipes are either going to storage tanks or flower beds.
So instead of the rainwater runoff going down the street, it now drains into my communal 980 000L underground water storage.
I chopped out 2 bricks and dug down about 80cm, then filled it in with 40kg of 13mm stone.
To extract the water, I took a cheap DIY approach and dug my own borehole with a hand auger down to the 4m clay bed layer, popped in a 110mm UG PVC pipe and topped it off with a DIY rope pump.
The full build of the rope pump can be seen over at Instructables https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-Rope-Pump-for-a-Borehole/
My calculations were based on the fact that there are no other borehole users in a 25m radius around my place and the water table is 50cm above the clay bed layer... hence 1963 sq metres X 0.5m = 981 cubic metres.
Technically its probably a lot less because most of that cubic volume is sand particles.
Recycling my neighbours water, thats how I roll.
So instead of the rainwater runoff going down the street, it now drains into my communal 980 000L underground water storage.
I chopped out 2 bricks and dug down about 80cm, then filled it in with 40kg of 13mm stone.
To extract the water, I took a cheap DIY approach and dug my own borehole with a hand auger down to the 4m clay bed layer, popped in a 110mm UG PVC pipe and topped it off with a DIY rope pump.
The full build of the rope pump can be seen over at Instructables https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-Rope-Pump-for-a-Borehole/
My calculations were based on the fact that there are no other borehole users in a 25m radius around my place and the water table is 50cm above the clay bed layer... hence 1963 sq metres X 0.5m = 981 cubic metres.
Technically its probably a lot less because most of that cubic volume is sand particles.
Recycling my neighbours water, thats how I roll.
Wow!!!This was on my to do list this morning, a french drain for the garage roof downpipe. All my other downpipes are either going to storage tanks or flower beds.
So instead of the rainwater runoff going down the street, it now drains into my communal 980 000L underground water storage.
I chopped out 2 bricks and dug down about 80cm, then filled it in with 40kg of 13mm stone.
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To extract the water, I took a cheap DIY approach and dug my own borehole with a hand auger down to the 4m clay bed layer, popped in a 110mm UG PVC pipe and topped it off with a DIY rope pump.
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The full build of the rope pump can be seen over at Instructables https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-Rope-Pump-for-a-Borehole/
My calculations were based on the fact that there are no other borehole users in a 25m radius around my place and the water table is 50cm above the clay bed layer... hence 1963 sq metres X 0.5m = 981 cubic metres.
Technically its probably a lot less because most of that cubic volume is sand particles.
Recycling my neighbours water, thats how I roll.
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Taking it easy at Theewaters this weekend. The water is so low that it's actually scary to look at.
Going to snap some pics and report back. I know that they fill up the Steenbras dam from this lake. But yikes. I think this place should be photographed and put up on Billboards. It's truly an awakening site to see.
I actually had no idea how low these dams really were. Sub 30% that's for sure.
Going to snap some pics and report back. I know that they fill up the Steenbras dam from this lake. But yikes. I think this place should be photographed and put up on Billboards. It's truly an awakening site to see.
I actually had no idea how low these dams really were. Sub 30% that's for sure.
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Cape Town's main source of water. Check out the water levels on the bridge from 2-3 years ago.
Hope it rains this year
Have faith... When the time comes it will rain. God is great...
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Western Cape drought now a national disaster
"A press briefing hosted by the Inter-Ministrial Task Team on Drought and Water Scarcity on Tuesday declared the Western Cape a national disaster due to the current drought.
According to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Zweli Mkhize, reports show that the drought has had a negative impact on all sectors of the economy, including livestock production, crop production, food security, water supply and trade balance to name a few."
http://www.capetownetc.com/water-crisis/western-cape-officially-national-disaster/
"A press briefing hosted by the Inter-Ministrial Task Team on Drought and Water Scarcity on Tuesday declared the Western Cape a national disaster due to the current drought.
According to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Zweli Mkhize, reports show that the drought has had a negative impact on all sectors of the economy, including livestock production, crop production, food security, water supply and trade balance to name a few."
http://www.capetownetc.com/water-crisis/western-cape-officially-national-disaster/
Wasnt Day Zero moved to 2019?
It's raining !! It's raining
Where!? Where?!It's raining !! It's raining
I was travelling from Cape town CBD to athlone, it was raining throughout.
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Sooooo...has anyone gotten a “Water Management Device” yet?
In laws got one last week...and get this,they have to pay R4.5k for it,and they didnt even ask for it to be installed!
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Yep, had a burst pipe underground that cost just under R30k in fines and had to pay for one to be installed...
Sick to death of this country.
Something similar happened here around mid feb, but thank god the water management device was already installed. The daily allowance was being used up before we even got up in the morning. We stay in a shared property so landlord was thinking we are using up all the water and we were blaming him.. Plumber was able to locate a massive leak in the pipeline in the shower. He had to redo the tile work but saved a lot of money on fines.
I've had 2 pinhole leaks at my place, both of which I picked up on my water bill which jumped from 0 to R256.
The first I found and fixed myself with a splice and 2 olives (plumbing not the cheese and wine kind).
The 2nd one was tricky and I eventually had to call in a plumber with gas detection equipment, he was R850 and R56 for the brass joiner, just cut the split out.
Here you can see that it was a manufacturing flaw, meaning that it can happen anywhere, anytime.
Point of my story is that you need to check your water usage at least once a month, either on the rates bill or physically on the meter.
With everything shut off in the house, there should be no dial movement at all.
The first I found and fixed myself with a splice and 2 olives (plumbing not the cheese and wine kind).
The 2nd one was tricky and I eventually had to call in a plumber with gas detection equipment, he was R850 and R56 for the brass joiner, just cut the split out.
Here you can see that it was a manufacturing flaw, meaning that it can happen anywhere, anytime.
Point of my story is that you need to check your water usage at least once a month, either on the rates bill or physically on the meter.
With everything shut off in the house, there should be no dial movement at all.
I am seeing an increase in number of water leaks. Lead-in water pipe that comes from the street to the house bursted twice since Jan, then there was leak in the house in feb.
I think the water pressure has increased causing leaks.
I think the water pressure has increased causing leaks.
Possibly the greater differential between high and low use period pressures causing more mechanical stress in pipes resulting in increased fatigue failiures. The plumming version of PTSD....
Regards
We get 700 liters per day for two families (8 people) and the water we still have left on our quota is more than 8000 liters.
We should definitely be awarded for the amount of water we saved this month.
We should definitely be awarded for the amount of water we saved this month.
Great rainfall on Saturday night! My tank is more than 3/4 full!
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