Top: The boosters must run flawlessly. They are circulating water from the aquifer in Woodstock. Left: The students at Masibambane Secondary School now have sustainable access to water. Up on the west coast, in the city of Saldanha, the fishing company ‘Sea Harvest’ also uses desalination to provide a sufficient amount of water for the production of food. “We needed to find an effective solution, or we had to shut down our business. We decided to come off the municipal grid and use desalinated sea water to enable us to have a stable supply of water of high quality,” says Cliffton Rajgopaul, Asset Care Manager, Sea Harvest. Cape Town receives most of its rainfall during winter, but oddly enough, has seen quite a lot fall during the South African summer and water levels are rising, but that has not lowered the awareness and caution as the city still remains vulnerable. During 2018, many homeowners invested “We decided to come off the municipal grid and use desalinated sea water to enable us to have a stable supply of water of high quality.” Cliffton Rajgopaul in water storage tanks and Grundfos pumps, to assist with alternative water solutions, and some to remove themselves completely from the grid. One example is a large apartment and office block in the upcoming area of Woodstock. Here developers hit an aquifer, as they were digging down for levels of basement parking. Now the aquifer delivers 360 cubic metres per day, more than enough to supply the whole building and also enough to provide 26 neighbouring schools with much needed water. This water is delivered to water storage tanks which have been installed at the schools, to ensure that they 34 35
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