Titre : | WATER FOR AFRICAN CITIES : WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES | Type de document : | texte imprimé | Auteurs : | RONNIE KASRILS | Editeur : | WATER FOR AFRICAN CITIES NEWSLETTER | Année de publication : | 2001/03/01 | Importance : | 5 (P.4-5) | Note générale : | Lieu(x) de disponibilité : enda rup | Langues : | Anglais | Mots-clés : | ALIMENTATION EN EAU CONSERVATION DE L'EAU DEMANDE EN EAU GESTION DE L'EAU MILIEU URBAIN AFRIQUE DU SUD | Résumé : | SOUTH AFRICA IS A COUNTRY WITH VAST NATURAL WEALTH, BE IT THE BEAUTY OF THE SOUTHERN CAPE COAST, THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS, OR THE VAST DRY EXPANSES OF THE NOTHERN CAPE. WE HAVE GREAT MINERAL WEALTH IN THE DIVERSITY AND COURAGE OF OUR PEOPLE. WHAT WE LACK, HOWEVER, IS WATER. SOUTH AFRICA IS A WATER SCARE COUNTRY. OUR AVERAGE RAINFALL IS ABOUT HALF THAT OF THE WORLD AVERAGE OF 800 MM/ANNUM. MOST OF THIS MEAGRE RAINFALL FALLS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE COUNTRY, WHILE THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS ARE MUCH DRIER. TO COMPOUND MATTERS, THE RAINFALL IS IRREGULAR OVER THE YEARS, WITH FREQUENT FLOODS AND DROUGHTS OF VARYING DEGREES OF SEVERITY. | Permalink : | http://enda-cremed.org/bpd/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=24032 |
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