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THE BIG CHALLENGE for South Africa and Africa
WATER CONSERVATION AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
-A NEW APPROACH
Introduction: With the ever increasing population settlement in and around big
cities and semi- and rural towns the demand for potable water and sewage
disposal is pushing the existing resources to its limits. In some instances the
demand is already exceeding the supply of services
South Africa, which is better known for its yearly droughts than its seasonal
floods, is already facing a major crisis. We can really do nothing about our
rainfall and because no new dams are being built and quite a few are silting up
we must utilize our existing reserves to maximum effect. Much can be said for
the use of rainwater tanks in millions of city dwellings to conserve water.
But our biggest concern is a cost effective way of sewerage disposal without
contaminating the surface drainage and the underground water reserves.
Existing scenario : The big coastal cities and towns have one big ocean to
aid them in sewage disposal. The high content of mercury pollution of some
fish in our oceans and therefore polluted food on our tables is a cause for great
concern with the sector watching health and food standards. Inland towns,
however, without purification works, have limited sewage disposal systems. In
some places a bucket system is still in operation. One step higher is a flush
toilet draining into a septic tank. In both cases the sewage is collected and
disposed of in pits or a series of open septic/evaporating dams. The raw
sewage is broken down to sludge, then to water which is a far cry from being
re-used. In some instances these dams are over utilized due to population
explosion and housing schemes being built without proper planning for
wastage disposal.
This is serious. The overflowing dams and/or excess sewage being dumped in
open streams are a catastrophic dilemma. Not to mention the seepage through
permeable soils into the underground waters and the contamination thereof.
After heavy seasonal rains the surface contamination is usually taken care of
but in the case of the groundwater reserves the damage is irreversible.
Experts calculate this reversal, if possible, to be at least a century in the
making.
Solution: For decades the Oriental countries with their billions of people have
taken the organic route to not only dispose of unwanted waste but also to reuse
the water as end product. Not only the Orient but countries like Egypt and
Kenia have taken drastic steps to combat their sewage problems and convert a
problem into an asset. On the market today, available in RSA, being developed
in and imported from Japan is a product called E M (Effective Microorganisms).This
is our answer. Simple. Cheap. Effective. Available.
Environmentally friendly. There are two ways of going about it. Firstly the
―black‖ and ―grey‖ water from each household are treated with EM. The full
system cannot be installed at existing houses for a number of obvious reasons.
But for future housing schemes it could be planned for.Secondly and/or
together with the first instance EM treatment is applied at the sewage
plant/septic dam/pit.The water as end- product is not readily drinkable but
extremely suitable for irrigation. Due to its high nutrient concentration it is not
recommended for overhead- but flood irrigation only. Here we can think about
the potential for small farming with ―free‖ water otherwise gone to waste
through evaporation.And then there is the serious matter about the forthcoming
2010 Soccer Games. Much has been said and written and amazingly even
been done about stadiums, roads, railways, public tansport, accomadation etc.
etc. but one thing remains unsaid. The matter of extra sewage into our already
overcapacity systems has been totally ignored or otherwise rejected as being
unimportant. This is a big mistake.How can the authorities be so shortsighted?
It is estimated that every 1 million visitors will generate 100 million litres of
sewage PER DAY EXTRA into our systems.And that is concentrated only to
the works of the major event holders. Can we cope with this? Sure. If we start
now to fully integrate EM into our systems without necessarily immediate
enlargement of the present storing capacities. Because EM accelerates the
breakdown of sewage and renders the effluent harmless to the
environment.
Japan has restored the whole of the SETO inland sea which for decades have
been polluted by several cities to the point of nearly total extinction of its
marine life, to a better state than the original. Surely we in South Africa can do
the same with our Municipal sewerage. And like Egypt be able to cultivate fish
in the purified waste water. Just for one minute think about the consequences
for future protein and vegetable production.
When I say Effective Micro-organisms are the ultimate answer I don‘t
necessarily mean the trade name EM but anything similar organic/biological by
origin with the same properties and effectiveness. Let‘s get our acts together.
(Short original report written by Christoffel L. Laubscher )
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Moenie vergeet om aan die blomme te ruik nie!
"Om te laat gaan"
"Om te laat gaan" is nie om te vergeet, om nie te dink oor iets,
of iemand te ignoreer nie.
Dit laat nie gevoelens van woede, jaloesie, of spyt agter nie.
Om te laat gaan is nie om op te gee, of in te gee nie.
Om te laat gaan wys iemand het die moed om verandering te
aanvaar,
en die innerlike krag om aan te gaan.
Om te laat gaan is soos maak 'n nuwe deur oop.
Vee die pad voor jou skoon. Maak 'n nuwe begin.
Om TE LAAT GAAN maak jou vry!
SPROEIREëN
-- D.J. OPPERMAN
My nooi is in 'n nartjie,
my ouma in kaneel,
daar's iemand . . . iemand in anys,
daar's 'n vrou in elke geur!
As ek 'n stukkie nartjieskil
tussen my vingers buig of knak,
breek uit die klein sproeireën
wat geurend om my hand uitsak,
die boorde weer van Swartfoloos
en met die nartjies om my heen
weet ek hoe 'n vrou kan troos.
O my nooi is in 'n nartjie,
my ouma in kaneel
daars iemand . . iemand in anys,
daar's 'n vrou in elke geur!
`n Man sal enige
iets doen vir `n
mooi vrou…
Alle mense
glimlag in
dieselfde
taal.
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GROOTMIST BASAAR
12 Nov. 2011; 10vm
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