South Africa’s public water systems are descending into chaos. Here’s how much it costs to go off-grid.
South African homeowners looking to ditch their municipal water supply have three main alternatives — water storage tanks and a pump, rainwater harvesting, and a borehole.
Outside of Cape Town’s “Day Zero” scare in 2017 and 2018, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal residents seem to face the country’s most frequent water shortages.These include inadequate planning and management, underinvestment in infrastructure, vandalism, corruption, demand increases, and unreliable power supply.
In mid-March 2024, Rand Water warned three central Gauteng municipalities — Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni — that the system was on the verge of collapse.“The entire water supply system, which we share, is under strain.
Jojo’s whole-house filters cost upwards of R2,500. You will also require a pump to transport the water from the tank to your taps. These are typically priced anywhere from R1,900 to R7,000.Rainwater harvesting can also be a cost-effective means of securing an off-grid water supply. However, it is only ideal for households in areas with moderate to high levels of rainfall.
It should be noted that even with these components, water harvested from rainfall isn’t ideal for human consumption but can be used for other purposes like irrigation, flushing toilets, and cleaning dishes., a basic water harvesting system will cost South African homeowners between R15,000 and R35,000.
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