Public projects to build desalination plants should be supported by lending institutions. They are a plus-plus in return on investment. The desalination plant provides water, adds water content to allow farming which increases water content in the air to return rainfall and it provides a perfectly healthy form of salt for sale. The salt can be iodized as well.
South Africa should consult with NOAA and NASA to determine the permanence of the weather pattern, but, it has been droughted for some time now and why not have the back up for any future issues, too. The World Bank should consider such plants as a healthy way of returning water to people and adding water content to air that is droughted to reverse it.
Returning water to droughted land through irrigation works. That is a guarantee. Irrigation has it's limits and drawbacks, but, not so much as drought. Expertise about irrigation's problems are available and The World Bank should have consultants within their expertise.
Irrigation for forests endangered by drought is possible as well. Such efforts need to take into account the steepness of the land in applying water recovery to land. We have witnessed in California, USA the sad reality of adding water to droughted lands. In places where the angle of the land is significant, there will result in landslides. Returning water vapor to droughted lands is more important than can be said when done properly.
I'll put it this way, the Syrian War would not have happened if the drought were addressed.
Returning water to droughted land through irrigation works. That is a guarantee. Irrigation has it's limits and drawbacks, but, not so much as drought. Expertise about irrigation's problems are available and The World Bank should have consultants within their expertise.
Irrigation for forests endangered by drought is possible as well. Such efforts need to take into account the steepness of the land in applying water recovery to land. We have witnessed in California, USA the sad reality of adding water to droughted lands. In places where the angle of the land is significant, there will result in landslides. Returning water vapor to droughted lands is more important than can be said when done properly.
I'll put it this way, the Syrian War would not have happened if the drought were addressed.
29 January 2018
Cape Town - Moody’s Investors Service (click here) published a research report on the water supply crisis in South Africa.
Daniel Mazibuko, a Moody’s Associate Analyst who is the author of the report made note that the water supply crisis will result in a credit negative for Cape Town. Moody’s rates the debt Baa3, the lowest investment level and which is equivalent with South Africa’s sovereign rating.
The report states that the Municipal water revenue contributed about 10 % ( R3.9bn) of Cape Town’s operating income in 2017. However, The City revenue will reduce when the city has to use spending to ensure supplies.
This will lead an increase expenditure on crisis management and water supply projects, Mazibuko said in the report. Mazkibuko added that two main industries that will be effected the most out of this crisis will be tourism and agriculture....
