A limited number of green business opportunities exist in the Water Rhapsody franchise to run a business helping others conserve water. This exciting business employs a range of Water Rhapsody products to harvest rainwater, and from the storage thereof, use this water in the home reducing the need for municipal water use. Other water conservation [...]
Imagine ordering a latte and getting a seedling along with it. As point of purchase freebies go, you can’t get greener than that. That’s precisely what Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) is offering its coffee aficionados in Mumbai all week. That plus paper carry bags, use of LED lights and switching off signages for half an [...]
Though its been raining on and off here in South Africa, the country is in serious drought. Water authorities might have to start rationing if the crisis doesn’t evade soon. Many other countries are in a similar situation — experiencing serious decrease in water supply for the first time in several decades. Water scarcity is [...]
Demand for rainwater harvesting systems in Gauteng has increased drastically over the past year. Water Rhapsody’s expansion into Gauteng a year ago has added a quality product line that has been tried and tested for over 16 years. Whilst demand has traditionally been gor greywater recycling systems, rainwater harvesting systems have taken over as the [...]
Spring is here and summer on the way. In no place is this more felt than the very dry West Coast of the W.Cape, a lucrative opportunity for rainwater harvesting and grey water recycling. “Every Water Rhapsody franchise in the W.Cape has been snapped up, bar this gem!” says Charles Bryant. This business opportunity is [...]
Traditionally water tanks were manufactured in rural areas and served the rural and farming communities in South Africa. 2009 and 2010 has witnessed demand from a new and different sector, the urban market, with more and more people installing water tanks and rainwater harvesting systems in their suburban homes. A typical installation is a water [...]
There are farms in the Venice Lagoon producing local food, and like the city, they are sinking as the water from the aquifer below is pumped out. This farm used to irrigate with well and municipal water, but artists Marjetica Potr? and Marguerite Kahrl have developed a solar powered rainwater harvesting system to gather the [...]
17 years ago, as I became aware of the impact our lifestyles were having on our environment and coupled with a growing sceptism of big corporates, from municipalities to private sector conglomerates, I looked around for more opportunities to go off the grid. We already had a solar hot water heating system installed in 1987 [...]
