Water Solution available

[Dave A]

If it is a success I will gladly share it with you. If it is a disaster I would humbly shy away.

Heck, even if it's a disaster it's still useful to pass on the result.

[Electrode]

Heck, even if it's a disaster it's still useful to pass on the result.

I will place my build here as soon as I am done with it. January is a very long month, I just need it to end. Once in the new month of February I will complete my build and share it with you regardless if it works or not.

[Electrode]

Good day everyone, if you feel like donating to this cause DROOGTERAMPFONDS or DROUGHT DISASTER FUND

The link is provided here,

droogterampfonds

I personally use the SMS system that deducts R30 form your phone's funds.

All information can be found when you click on the following options. There is also a Handy English translation Button for ease of use.

Please see picture below.

Thank you for your support.

Please also double check the link http://www.droogterampfonds.co.za/ just to make sure.

[bones]

Good day everyone, if you feel like donating to this cause DROOGTERAMPFONDS or DROUGHT DISASTER FUND

The link is provided here,

droogterampfonds

I personally use the SMS system that deducts R30 form your phone's funds.

All information can be found when you click on the following options. There is also a Handy English translation Button for ease of use.

Please see picture below.

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Thank you for your support.

Please also double check the link http://www.droogterampfonds.co.za/ just to make sure.

gave my bit got a nice
thank you sms

[Justloadit]

I found this Fog harvesting to provide poor with water
and
Fog harvesting project for Mpumalanga

[AndyD]

I can't help thinking that whilst some of the water harvesting schemes are very innovative and possibly would be a way to increase the amount of water available in certain areas, the immediate answer is to change everyone's mindset about water and reduce their consumption.

I think change needs to come from two sides, firstly the municipalities need to stop seeing high consumers as a cash cow and on one hand they're waving the finger saying there's a shortage and please curb consumption but the other hand is happy to completely ignore massive consumption as long as it's paid for at some extortionate unit price. Secondly it's a resource that shouldn't necessarily have a financial value attached to it that allows the wealthy to consume as much as they want simply because they can afford it. Maybe the first step is to set a maximum amount of consumption for any property or erf that's got a supply. Install water meters on every property that automatically shut off the supply to anyone who consumes more than a kiloliter in one day or 20 kiloliters in any 30 day period for example. Maybe even go so far as to make high or wasteful water consumption a criminal offence.

[Justloadit]

Limiting use of water per property may be another issue. So every time that I get a visitor who stays over night requires that I request more water usage to accommodate the visitor, because invariably the consumption is going to go up. Charging a higher rate for higher consumption is also not a solution, is dependent on how many people live on the property. I may have 7 or 8 people living on my property, and pay a higher rate for water and electricity services, compared to my neibour who only has 2 people living on his property. Surely the higher consumption is due to the higher number of people. If there were 2 properties with 4 people each, the consumption in total would be higher because of having electrical appliances to accommodate both properties, but the cost in total is less of the properties as opposed to the consumption of all on one property.

What we really need is people to have a life style change to ensure efficient uses of the resources, but I think this may be hard to find.
Lifestyle changes only happen when it is too late.

[Electrode]

How we think about water will not help with preservation. Fact is how do we preserve water from evaporation, pollution and poor infrastructure? We as individuals have little to no control when it comes to securing the resource and maintaining it. We do contribute in the form of levies and taxes but this simply doesn't work. Finding ways to collect water and store it will be a individual and private endeavour.

Yes the approach is costly and may remain costly for the foreseeable future. But what future will we have without the resource? This year South Africa had its first true taste of what climate change has planned for us.

We need a feasible proactive approach that will secure our agricultural infrastructure. Food and water is vital to our independence as a country. Creating awareness is a slow moving process and people hardly if ever respond positively to such programs.

What we need is innovation and resource development programs.

Good day everyone, if you feel like donating to this cause DROOGTERAMPFONDS or DROUGHT DISASTER FUND

The link is provided here,

droogterampfonds

I personally use the SMS system that deducts R30 form your phone's funds.

All information can be found when you click on the following options. There is also a Handy English translation Button for ease of use.

Please see picture below.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]6157[/ATTACH]

Thank you for your support.

Please also double check the link http://www.droogterampfonds.co.za/ just to make sure.

I also donated again today, I hope people will consider helping out.

[Dave A]

This year South Africa had its first true taste of what climate change has planned for us.

With some assistance from El Nino, mind you. Which has certainly aggravated things.

[bones]

With some assistance from El Nino, mind you. Which has certainly aggravated things.

all of us need water and all of us are
dependent on the weather can we
really risk it

i dont think we can anymore

what if this condition becomes
permanent

[Electrode]

This is a very interesting question. Does the possibility exist that our new weather patterns are permanent? If so what will the long term impact be and how will it affect us directly? This year we need to import more food than ever before and that already is telling. Also consider that the cost will increase dramatically as well.

Some facts simply cannot be ignored and among them is the rising population, and the need for clean water is already beyond the scope for most of our municipalities. There are many people living without access to clean water and to me personally this is unacceptable, considering how much money municipalities consume on a monthly base.

We need sustainable solutions and investing in this technology to be developed locally is a strong step in the right direction. We really need these technologies, there is no doubt in my mind that things will not get better and that our rainfall may well be permanently altered.

Lastly please consider donating, all the information is available on this thread.

Good day everyone, if you feel like donating to this cause DROOGTERAMPFONDS or DROUGHT DISASTER FUND

The link is provided here,

droogterampfonds

I personally use the SMS system that deducts R30 form your phone's funds.

All information can be found when you click on the following options. There is also a Handy English translation Button for ease of use.

Please see picture below.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]6157[/ATTACH]

Thank you for your support.

Please also double check the link http://www.droogterampfonds.co.za/ just to make sure.

Please also double check the link.

[bones]

how is your diy coming along i dont
think our weather changes are here
to stay if they are we are in big
trouble

but if people can maybe get nice
small low power or no power builds
going why not being independent
is never a bad thing

[Justloadit]

Water purification
Seems after some digging that there are very simple solutions available.
The question is - "does government or big corporates wish to relinquish the control over the population?"

Get to the end of this article to get to the "How it works"
Pure Genius: How Dean Kamen's Invention Could Bring Clean Water To Millions

This Ingenious Machine Turns Feces Into Drinking Water

[cyppokagain]

would be interesting to know how long it takes for the catalyst to decay.
seems like cloud seeding or similar technology in reverse with silver iodide but instead of seeding you probably have it on a panel to gather the humidity droplets through air filters.

[Electrode]

Right now there is a downpour and I am hopeful our water restrictions will become a thing of the past.