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

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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