SCLI is an Implementing Agent for invasive alien plant clearing in the Western Cape, with secondary functions in environmental communications.
WEP Systems is a South African designed and manufactured solution for the worldwide challenge of reducing the effect of fresh water evaporation.
WEP Systems is a modular (floating) surface cover for large water bodies. The aim of the WEP Systems is to cover as much of the surface exposure, as is feasible, of a fresh water storage body, and in doing so, significantly reduce surface water evaporation.
The modular design of the WEP Systems; allows users to cover as much of the available surface area as they see fit. The WEP Systems is able to survive strong winds and harsh climate conditions.
Responding to the challenge, a local solution has been developed, for landowners to consider, as a viable and sustainable option to significantly reduce the effect of evaporation.
WATER EVAPORATION PREVENTION – WEP System
The WEP System, designed and manufactured in South Africa, is a solution to the worldwide challenge of reducing the effect of fresh water evaporation.
The WEP System is a modular (floating) surface cover for large water bodies. The aim of the WEP System is to cover as much of the surface exposure, as is feasible, of a fresh water storage body, and in doing so, significantly reduce surface water evaporation.
The modular design of the WEP System allows users to cover as much of the available surface area as they see fit or that is affordable.
Water Loss through Surface Evaporation cannot be ignored
BELOW ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT SURFACE WATER EVAPORATION
Water Stewardship is a collaborative effort by the International Water Stewardship Programme (IWaSP), implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and WWF SA to address water risks in South Africa.
Through a series of workshops with farmers, as well as the business community across the Western and Eastern Cape, a progression of increased improvement of water use, and a reduction of water related impacts were reviewed. Significant resources are allocated by the entire value chain to reduce identified water risks, which remain high, with increasing challenges, such as climate change, urban development and socio-economic pressure.
Central to Water Stewardship is where the water comes from, how it is used, and where it goes to. Loss of vast amounts of critically scarce water resources are lost to the value chain through evaporation, with seemingly little options available to protect the resource in storage.