SA water sources declining

[rpm]

South Africa's natural water resources are declining, the Cape Times reported on Friday, quoting from a study released this week.

"With each of the national water studies carried out since the 1950s, our estimate of the country's total natural water resources has declined," project director Brian Middleton told the newspaper.

"If we were allocating water according to the higher estimates made in previous studies, we would find that there is simply not enough water available to meet our needs."

The Water Resources of SA 2005 study, which was commissioned in 2004 but the results released only last week, said South Africa had even less water available than was initially estimated.

Some 98 percent of surface water is already allocated for use in South Africa, and the climate is expected to become even hotter and drier.

 

[Balstrome]

Time to invest in desalination plants ? or water chips ?

 

[killadoob]

Hotter and drier they say, guess who never saw the weather .

Man i need to get into studies, so much coin to be made.

 

[Morgoth]

the problem is that our population growing to fast and that the living standards for humans are increasing, becoming more expensive, everyone should get DSTV for free imho, it should solve most of the issues.

 

[BCO]

It never ceases to amaze me that in a country with massive unemployment and an economy that's simply not big enough to create employment for this large number of unemployed, as well as insufficient water and the threat of food security issues due to desertification, that the notion of taking measures to reduce population growth is not even up for discussion.

 

[killadoob]

the problem is that our population growing to fast and that the living standards for humans are increasing, becoming more expensive, everyone should get DSTV for free imho, it should solve most of the issues.

Seriously how would dstv solve the water problem LOL

Although i could use that 500 rand to buy more beer .

 

[Palimino]

And what there is, is being polluted or goes to irrigating golf-courses built via bribery.

 

[Morgoth]

Seriously how would dstv solve the water problem LOL

Although i could use that 500 rand to buy more beer .

DSTV = more people watch television = less sex at night = population breeding doesn't explode
less people = more water.

 

[lsuacner]

There is allot of underground water in the North West due to the mines - if they can treat the water and sell it it would help.

 

[mac_mac74]

aaah lets get real here, did you really expect an improvement, with everything else falling over, this is Africa , wake the f#ck up

 

[BCO]

aaah lets get real here, did you really expect an improvement, with everything else falling over, this is Africa , wake the f#ck up

Not sure how that comment has anything to do with:

"With each of the national water studies carried out since the 1950s, our estimate of the country's total natural water resources has declined," project director Brian Middleton told the newspaper.

"If we were allocating water according to the higher estimates made in previous studies, we would find that there is simply not enough water available to meet our needs."

You're blaming "Africa" (that vague concept that seems to encompass everything bad about everything) for the fact that SA has limited natural water resources.

 

[isede]

aaah lets get real here, did you really expect an improvement, with everything else falling over, this is Africa , wake the f#ck up

your wife ran away from you- It was ANC
You could not things on time - ANC
It rains a lot - Its Africa
You stole something _ Its africa

Sometimes I just wonder sitting at home , if that illiterate dwarf is not on to something .

 

[Flanders]

Sometimes I just wonder sitting at home , if that illiterate dwarf is not on to something .

Come on now, I thought you liked Zuma?

 

[isede]

Haibo its Malema that might be speaking some sense . Yah and I support Msholozi but not as much as I supported bra Thabo .

 

[Morgoth]

Haibo its Malema that might be speaking some sense . Yah and I support Msholozi but not as much as I supported bra Thabo .

Malema speaking sense?......

thanks I needed a good joke.

 

[Morgoth]

your wife ran away from you- It was Apartheid
You could not things on time - Apartheid
It rains a lot - Its Apartheid
You stole something _ Its Apartheid

Sometimes I just wonder sitting at home , if that illiterate dwarf is not on to something .

Fixed that

 

[boramk]

the notion of taking measures to reduce population growth is not even up for discussion.

We give grants if you have more kids

 

[isede]

hey you dont see us forming parties to blame Africa and ANC

 

[boramk]

aaah lets get real here, did you really expect an improvement, with everything else falling over, this is Africa , wake the f#ck up

/facepalm

Your such an idiot you know that?

You never add anything constructive to anything and you blame the ANC or Africa for the most minute of things, even things that have nothing to do with it.

How about you wake the F#ck up?

 

[CrzWaco]

This was bound to happen even china is struggling with water. Hopefully the government won't wait too long to put a plan into effect making clean water from Seawater.