We need a five drop policy: a sustainable water policy which
would treat with care our five sources of water. Drop No. 1 is a
drop of rainwater. We need to handle rainwater with care. If we
harvest it appropriately we will be able to make use of it when
it is required. If we harvest it we will also reduce its flow in
streets and diminish substantially the overloading of our sewers
whenever it rains. Drop No. 2 is a drop of storm water. Storm
water flowing through our streets can be substantially reduced
if rainwater harvesting is done appropriately. The remaining
storm water would then be less of a danger to life and limb. It
would be less of a civil protection issue and much more an
exercise of collecting rainwater from streets to be utilised for
non-potable purposes. Drop No. 3 is a drop of ground water.
Ground water has been mishandled for years on end. It is time
that we realise that this resource which has been collected and
stored by nature is finite. Through the years it has been over-
extracted such th