Car washers compete to clean cars with less than 10 litres of water

RELATED LINKS: A water-wise way to clean cars CAR washers rose to the challenge of curbing water waste. They cleaned more than 500 cars with less than 10 litres of water a car during Joburg Water's Big Wash in Thokoza Park over the weekend. Read more Wash your car without the waste IF YOUR car is a bit grimy, get to Thokoza Park for Joburg Water's annual Big Wash, when car washers will be challenged to wash cars with less than 10 litres of water a car. Read more Johannesburg Water JOHANNESBURG Water is the City's water and sanitation utility. Read more

Using only buckets to wash cars

Clean up at the Soweto Car Wash Campaign Last year 600 cars were washed; this year the target is 1 000 at the Soweto Car Wash Campaign. And it's all part of a plan to conserve water. March 24, 2006 By Thabang Mokoka NEED your car washed? Johannesburg Water is hosting its third annual car wash day at Thokoza Park, in Soweto, on Sunday, 26 March. The Soweto Car Wash Campaign is an annual drive to educate people to use water effectively. It forms part of National Water Week celebrations. According to Jameel Chand, the senior manager of communications and marketing at Joburg water, the campaign aims to show "people that less water can be used to wash cars". Chand says that it has been found that people waste between 200 and 300 litres of water when they use hosepipes to wash their cars. The annual car wash event is held to demonstrate, "that 10 litres of water can be used". Last year more than 600 cars were washed using less than 6 000 litres of water; this year's challenge is to wash about 1 000 cars. "The campaign is also part of Johannesburg Water's broader public programme aimed at informing and educating residents of the city about the importance of water management and conservation issues," Chand says. It serves as a reminder for people that water management needs to be sustained in Johannesburg, even though the rains are still good and major dams are nearing capacity levels. At the car wash, while cars and other motor vehicles are being washed, Y-fm's popular DJs will keep the crowds entertained. It opens at 10am and cars will be washed into the afternoon. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za