What is World Water Day? Every year since 1993, people across the globe have been coming together to help to raise awareness of a range of water-related issues that currently affect vast numbers of the population. There are over 663,000,000 people that don’t have access to a safe, clean,...
The demand for bottled water has risen dramatically over the past 5 years. In 2016, sales of plain bottled water grew by 14% to reach 2.9 billion litres. This averages out to an annual consumption of 50 litres per person. These figures clearly show that people would rather pay more money for a...
In late October 2017, the news was released that Coca-Cola had applied for a self-supply water license. If granted, the self-supply license would entail that Coca-Cola is essentially allowed to supply water to itself. That would mean that Coca-Cola can bill itself for water, and deal with...
The Primary Benefits of Using a Borehole Boreholes have been a source of water for centuries. Despite this, their benefits are still relatively unknown to a lot of business owners. A borehole is a general term used to describe a deep hole intended to tap a natural resource, whether that be water,...
As a business owner, it can be difficult to identify the hidden costs to your business and too easy to focus on obvious costs such as the cost of materials and staff. It can, therefore, be easy to fall into the trap of continuing with an old, failing pump rather than investing in a new efficient...
How Sewage Systems Function A sewage system is made up of a network of pipes that carry sewage from home and businesses to the main sewers. Ordinarily, the network of pipes relies on gravity for the waste to flow into the main sewer. However, in low-lying areas where the main sewer sits on...
Septic tanks and sewage treatment systems serve the same purpose to the extent that they both provide buildings, that don’t have access to mains sewers, with a way to process their wastewater. Despite their similarities, they do have some distinct differences. In this blog post, we’ll be...
If you own a private water source, such as a well, and it serves more than one property or is used in a commercial or public building, you are required to have a private water assessment. If the water source just serves one property and it's used only by yourself and your family, then you aren't...
