As a nation, we’re potentially in for shedding of a different kind. The Department of Water and Sanitation has indicated that we could be facing dire water shortages in South Africa by the year 2020. The inconvenience caused by Eskom’s loadshedding pales in comparison .
While climate change is taking its toll on our environment, with lower annual rainfall levels being recorded, the real problem seems to be the loss of water through dripping taps, broken pipes and other infrastructure complications. South Africa is already using 98% of its drinking water supply and a whopping 37% of this is being lost through the complications stated above.
Based on our population growth, it has been projected that a staggering R293bn will need to be spent over the next five years to avert the crisis. That’s not money we have, let alone half of it.
Are we in for a Mad Max-esque kind of future for our country? I don’t believe so, due to innovations in technology helping countries with sustainable water supply solutions. Now if only these innovations could be rolled out sooner rather than later.
Ok…not that we need more excuses to leave this country…
This has started. No water in Khayelitsha last weekend
What a country!!!!! Everything is going down the drain!! Time to say good bye!!
😉 wow hahaha loadshedding is’t not even cool friends stays in dark mmm? haha life sometimes so?
Troy Ashton Futter
Oh my word..what’s next??
Hahaaaaaa water shedding it started already here on Saturday,I got water to bath from my neighbour
What’s their excuse for that now?
FML
And yet we breed like rabbits, be kind to your unborn and use a condom
I think God is coming to take His people
Well let’s just hope government don’t drop the ball on this as they’ve done with the electricity crisis! …… Time for change U0001f44dU0001f3fc
Eskom ppl r tryn 2b clever nw so w cn stop complaining abt load shedding. …
Just scary
Let us be responsible and positive about our land. What can you do about the WATER~ do not waste it
Regtig!! Dit raak nou ‘n pyn in g@t !! Wie kan die skuld kry vir die gemors in ons land??
Amanda U0001f631U0001f631U0001f631
Noxolo Nhokx Floshe I wish it was that easy……its part of the trails and tribulations we will go through U0001f60aU0001f60aU0001f60aU0001f60aU0001f60a
Live in darkness and lick yourself clean! Waaaaaaaa!!!!
Too many people for the water resources…
The democraphics of our country is scary but true..way back in the early 90’s a paediatrician who’s lectures I attended told us that we are in for a rough ride as far as our H2O resources are concerned..& it’s all happening!!
AMEN noxolo
god time is near
When I see how people abuse water, like watering their gardens for hours on end, or hosing down their garden paths instead of sweeping, I’m not surprised! U0001f620
Hahahaha Tarryn Elizabeth-Aviv Van Zyl
Next we going to pay for the air we breath…the way this country is going
Watershed. …A great band 🙂
I said & put it on FB that about 2months ago…..
Oi
Tax swimming pools for starters!
we didn’t have water 18/05/15 in Soneike, Kuilsrivier from 9am to 2pm already.
All just because the people in charge doesn’t know what they are doing.
Getting used to it… Even if phone shedding follows… BUT once beershedding pops up we seriously have to talk!!!
Free water…….
Why do people sensationalize everything? There is no water scarcity, even if there was a drought, there is something called desalination plants that can produce drinking water from sea water . Let’s focus on fixing the power issues first 🙂
Thats the story of my life here in Jozi, its either without water or its without electricity, the day i have both, im starting a upraising….
this country is not going down the drain, government just wanna milk us
PLEASE!! PLEASE!! GUYS!! WE got loadshedding and very soon watershedding!! This cANCer GOVERMENT they never bother in 21 years to build DAMS AND POWER STATIONS!! BECAUSE they got NO SKILLS TO DO IT!! THEY ONLY GOT SKILLS OF HOW TO ENRICH THEMSELVES AND CORRUPTION!! THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE WORD INFRASTRUCTURE AND CIVIL LIBERTY TOWARDS ENGINEERING OF DAMS AND POWER STATIONS FROM THE TAXES WE PAID TO PARLIAMENT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY.!! We need to get these “BAFFOONS OUT OF GOVERMENT” OR else we all going to SUFFER. WAKE UP GUYS!! WAKE UP.!!
It’s happening in Kimberley already
Luckily there is water in stores to buy.
Desalination process costs $ and infrastructure takes expertise/ neither are surplus I’m NSA
And still we faithfully pay through our necks every month…. taxed to death!!
Still cheaper than power generation . . . Expertise are locally available, but SA requires the government to act as effective project managers .
And who waste the most….municipalities with the water sprayers spraying all over the street even when it is raining…
Problem is the Whites in this country do not stand together like our Blacks!
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Amen to that
That will help….less people
Not just in south africa….in canada electricity prices have doubled in five years….just like here….in california almost half the water supply is gone….One solution would be to invest in ocean tech for desalination, electricity production and hydrogen development….but that would mean thinking ahead…something most governments seldom get right….
Hope he starts with the ANC. …
Great country.
TM dams are the lowest I have ever seen them!!
CapeTownEtc and when it happens, we will blame which ever government governs….we bring this upon ourselves #waste #human #weather
Then you still need power to extract water from the oceans.
As this the same minister that said we should build smaller dams, then they will be full?
Ok, a warning 5 years in advance, 10 years behind. Should we ask the Department to publish their strategic plan and solutions in order to avoid another “Eskom, Nkandla, weapons scandal, xenophobia fiasco”…
Why are we not taking climate change to heart?
I will still do that…..because I pay for my services ….I don’t get it for free like other.
Kort n heel nuwe goverment
so do u think because u pay for the water that u can waste it by hosing down ur garden path? this is why this country is in trouble people. There are people everywhere without basic neccessitiea and we think just because we are afforded the privilege of basic services and infrastructure that qe have more rights. blah blah blah
Don’t despair… At least we know that the last shedding to take place will the useless polititionshedding . Good time to be a candle maker
Coming from Bermuda which has no rivers all houses collect rainwater from off the roofs in underground tanks. Houses being built from now should incorporate such a system. As for desalination this might be feasible for commercial properties but would be prohibitively expensive for households.
Yes amen
CapeTownEtc heard this again last night at the #WildlifeInCrisis conference. Feel a game of thrones style meme coming…”drought is coming”
BloodyClarey Scary stuff!
CapeTownEtc yea we got problems on our horizon; poaching, load shedding, water shedding U0001f640 very frightening!
Bring on solar and wind power fast.