Post on 22-Jan-2018
Water problem in South AfricaPHUTI RAGOPHALA(MIEEXPERT , GLOBAL TEACHER PRIZE
FINALIST 2017 AND VTA)
Email address: phuthi.ragophala@gmail.com
skype id: phuthi6
BLOG PAGE : http://itandiksproject.blogspot.com
WATER IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE• HOME USE: COOK, WASH, DRINK, BATH ETC
• INDUSTRIES: ELECTRICITY GENERATOR
• MINES
• HOSPITALS
• SCHOOLS
• FARMERS
• CHURCHES
• PRISONS
• ANIMALS AND VEGETATION(FAUNA AND FLORA)
• IN ALL THE PERSPECTIVE OF LIVE WATER IN NEEDED. WITHOUT WATER THERE IS
NO LIFE
SOURCES OF WATER
• NATURAL SOURCES: RAIN, WELLS, RIVERS, OCEANS, SEAS, DAMS, OASIS ETC
• MADE MADE: HAND PUMPS, PLAY OR MARY GO ROUND PUMPS, HOME AND
STREETS TABS, MAN MADE DAMS, WINDMILLS, MUNICIPALITY WATER DELIVERY
TRUCKS, OWN BORE HOLES
HOW SOME OF THE WATER TOOLS WORKS
• HTTP://WWW.ANIMATEDIMAGES.ORG/IMG-ANIMATED-WINDMILL-IMAGE-0015-
108299.HTM
• HTTPS://GIPHY.COM/GIFS/WATER-SOMEONE-TAB-DAY98AZPMHAPS
• HTTPS://WWW.BING.COM/VIDEOS/SEARCH?Q=WATER+PLAY+PUMP+AFRICA&&V
IEW=DETAIL&MID=6A6C6824840ADF773A636A6C6824840ADF773A63&FORM=VRD
GAR
UNITED NATION SDG’S
SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF WATER NOTED
• SHORTAGE: LIMITS USAGE IN LITRES PER DAY
• SOME PARTS OF LAND DRY DUE TO LACK OF RAIN
• NOT CLEAN: SOME DRINKING IN RIVERS, DAMS, WELLS AND OASIS WITH
ANIMALS
• TABS AND DAMS THAT ARE DRY
• IGNORANCE IN CONSERVING WATER
• VANDALISM
• SOME LEAKS THAT ARE CAUSED BY RUSTY PIPES THAT NEEDS REPAIR
HOW PEOPLE MAKE MEANS TO GET WATER FOR DAILY USAGE
• PEOPLE STILL SUFFER TO ACCESS WATER:
• WHEELBARROW
• DONKEY CART
• CARRYING 20L CONTAINER OF WATER ON HEAD
• BUYING FROM THOSE WHO HAVE BOREHOLES
SOME INITIATIVES DONE BY GOVERNMENT AND NPO’S
• METER READING THAT ENCOURAGE SAVING OF WATER
• JOJO WATER TANKS TO HARVEST RAIN WATER
• MUNICIPALITY WATER TRUCK DELIVERY
• HAND PUMPS, PLAY WATER PUMPS ETC
• ENCOURAGE THE REPURPOSING OF GREY WATER TO FOOD GARDENS AND
ORCHARDS
• ENCOURAGE SHOWERS AS COMPARED TO BATHING
• ENCOURAGE COMMUNITIES TO REPAIR REPORT LEAKING PIPES
• ENCOURAGE COMMUNITIES TO BOIL WATER BEFORE CONSUMING TO AVOID GEMS
SUGGESTION
• TO PARTNER WITH GLOBAL LEADERS TO COME UP WITH TECHNIQUES ON HOW
TO REPURPOSE OCEAN WATER FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONSUMPTION
• TO ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO PURSUE STUDIES IN WATER CONSERVATION
SKILLS
• TO ENCOURAGE NPO’S TO EXTEND THEIR HELPING HAND WHILE SORTING OUT
THE WATER CHALLENGES
• THANK TO ROUNDABOUT WATER SOLUTION FOR THE INFORMATION.
From South Africa