ASSOCIATIONS 13
World Plumbing Day – March 11 – every year
By
Rory Macnamara
Well done to all who celebrated World Plumbing Day ( WPD ) and the time you gave freely to help others less fortunate than ourselves .
Plumbing is a trade and a craft , the oldest in the world , ( there is debate around this , but we reckon it is the oldest ) and its role is to love the trade and build an industry around it that is respected by all . Plumbers make the engineer ’ s design work , it makes the architect ’ s dream work , it provides homes and people with a clean , healthy and safe environment .
Plumbers are the salt of the earth , down-to-earth people who train for three to four years to qualify and continue learning every day .
Here we record some of the events or activities that took place on this day , and even some who devoted a week to acknowledge the plumber and the industry .
We may well remember that on the 22 nd March it is World Water Day – a resource that is symbiotic with plumbing .
Certainly the Southern Cape region rose to the challenge of WPD as shown here :
IOPSA Southern Cape – adopting the real spirit of World Plumbing Day Article and photos by Marius van Wyk , Chairman
On World Plumbing Day , held on 11 March , IOPSA Southern Cape identified Herbertsdale Primary School in the Southern Cape for some
From left : IOPSA Committee members , Gerhard Heckroodt , and Vice Chairman IOPSA Southern Cape , Jacques Bruwer .
care and maintenance . The town has boreholes that have run dry , so water is trucked in daily to this town .
We looked at conserving water for the hostel ( which uses the most water on the property ) as well as their energy conservation , so by replacing 14 old shower heads , we estimated to have saved at least 300l per day just in showers .
With regard to energy , we consolidated geysers that are only used in the day with geysers that are used at night-time , and which were
IOPSA member Hanno Pretorius , getting deep into cleaning the stormwater drain .
IOPSA Treasurer , Clive Parsons , ensuring his plumber doesn ’ t get lost !
May 2021 Volume 27 I Number 3 www . plumbingafrica . co . za