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Our Living Community - 18 March 2026

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Otto van der Walt wanted to find out how one can easily save water in the home and thought that a good place to start would be the taps where we pour it from. So he asked a guy who has been solving this problem since before the drought of 2017. His name is Edward Jonathan and he works at Plumblink at N1 City Mall. The solution it turns out is a little piece of plastic the size of the 20 cent coin.
18 Mar English South Africa Science · Nature

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