Zimbabwe's capital city cuts off water supply, 2M residents affected

[stormiezzz]

I agree, send him. "Power to the poephol!!"

We should send Showerhead up there to open up his tap for the people.

Not THAT tap, Showerhead!

 

[Paul_S]

Shortages of clean drinking water are caused by poor governance - not a shortage of water.
71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, 96.5% of it consisting of oceans.
There is plenty of water and it's not expensive to desalinate.

Israel produces clean drinking water using desalination at a cost of 55 US cents per cubic meter (kilo litre).
Sixty to 80% of Israel’s municipal water, adjusted according to season and real-time demand, flows from large coastal desal plants in Sorek, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Palmachim and Hadera.

How Israel swims against tide of worldwide water crisis - ISRAEL21c

A visit to the country’s largest desalination and wastewater-treatment plants reveals smart technologies and policies to keep the water running.

www.israel21c.org

In Rand terms that's R8.29 per kilo litre at the current exchange rate which is way less than what we currently pay from municipalities.
I'm paying over R30 per kilo litre in Tshwane once the per kilo litre sanitation charges are added to my water bill and I only use around 30 kilo litres per month.

There is no excuse for poor governance, maladministration and corruption.

 

[daveza]

There is no excuse for poor governance, maladministration and corruption.

Besides apartheid and Jan van Riebeeck.

 

[rietrot]

I agree......
The problem though is the population explosion...
11 billion by the turn of the next century....

All indications show population growth is stabilising. But the earth can easily support much more people.

 

[rietrot]

Shortages of clean drinking water are caused by poor governance - not a shortage of water.
71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, 96.5% of it consisting of oceans.
There is plenty of water and it's not expensive to desalinate.

Israel produces clean drinking water using desalination at a cost of 55 US cents per cubic meter (kilo litre).
Sixty to 80% of Israel’s municipal water, adjusted according to season and real-time demand, flows from large coastal desal plants in Sorek, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Palmachim and Hadera.

How Israel swims against tide of worldwide water crisis - ISRAEL21c

A visit to the country’s largest desalination and wastewater-treatment plants reveals smart technologies and policies to keep the water running.

www.israel21c.org

In Rand terms that's R8.29 per kilo litre at the current exchange rate which is way less than what we currently pay from municipalities.
I'm paying over R30 per kilo litre in Tshwane once the per kilo litre sanitation charges are added to my water bill and I only use around 30 kilo litres per month.

There is no excuse for poor governance, maladministration and corruption.

Well it will cost quite a bit to pump that sea water all the way to Pretoria.

 

[Paul_S]

Well it will cost quite a bit to pump that sea water all the way to Pretoria.

I would think one would pump the desalinated water and not corrosive sea water through all the pipework.

I'm not sure what the bulk water conveyance and distribution costs would be but I suspect it would be much higher than the desalination process. Maybe someone in the know can provide a cost/kilolitre/km figure.

 

[Flanders]

I would think one would pump the desalinated water and not corrosive sea water through all the pipework.

I'm not sure what the bulk water conveyance and distribution costs would be but I suspect it would be much higher than the desalination process. Maybe someone in the know can provide a cost/kilolitre/km figure.

If the pipe is made of metal they'd just start stealing it piece by piece and the next thing you know the whole country is at the bottom of the sea.

 

[MidnightWizard]

People -- you joke

There are so many Zimbabweans in SA who I am sure talk to the other black locals here
Surely these locals are able to get some idea of what is going on in Zim ?
Surely when they hear RamboPoser go on praising Mugabe there is some tiny element of understanding that soon THEY ALSO might not have any water ?

Am I perhaps being too kind ?

That when they DO in fact not have any water ( I guess some ALREADY have no water )
ALL Zimbabwe lessons will be forgotten and they will continue to vote for RamboPoser -- the EMULATOR of Mugabe ...

Is this a case of the -- Vanguard of the Proletariat -- knowing what is best for them

The Leninist Concept of the Revolutionary Vanguard Party

Of them being happy to acquiesce to said "Vanguard" ( actually a bunch of criminals and crooks -- as most African "Vanguards" are ! )

The Dictatorship Of The Proletariat

Will South Africa be inveigled into war because of a small ( but criminal ) ideological elite pulling along the ignorant masses ?

The tail wagging the dog ....

One wonders -- the USSR and Communist China having taught the comrades of the current government all this communist orthodoxy -- and -- having since ditched communist teachings , are not pointing out to the ANC / SACP the error of their way / current path ?
or
Is THIS perhaps a -- "RED Flag" ?

 

[neoprema]

Shortages of clean drinking water are caused by poor governance - not a shortage of water.
71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, 96.5% of it consisting of oceans.
There is plenty of water and it's not expensive to desalinate.

Israel produces clean drinking water using desalination at a cost of 55 US cents per cubic meter (kilo litre).
Sixty to 80% of Israel’s municipal water, adjusted according to season and real-time demand, flows from large coastal desal plants in Sorek, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Palmachim and Hadera.

How Israel swims against tide of worldwide water crisis - ISRAEL21c

A visit to the country’s largest desalination and wastewater-treatment plants reveals smart technologies and policies to keep the water running.

www.israel21c.org

In Rand terms that's R8.29 per kilo litre at the current exchange rate which is way less than what we currently pay from municipalities.
I'm paying over R30 per kilo litre in Tshwane once the per kilo litre sanitation charges are added to my water bill and I only use around 30 kilo litres per month.

There is no excuse for poor governance, maladministration and corruption.

You're comparing a first-world country that is trying to provide something for their people with the African Way of pillage, steal, and kill.

 

[krycor]

When I see comments people make I think EFF should get get in power and gutter SA. Maybe then people realize what complete morons they are.

 

[BBSA]

When I see comments people make I think EFF should get get in power and gutter SA. Maybe then people realize what complete morons they are.

They will blame the West, like the good people of Zimbabwe.