Reducing water use at shopping centres

Bayside Shopping Mall in Cape Town implemented a rainwater and stormwater harvesting system consisting of six 10,000-litre tanks and two header tanks to supply non-potable water for irrigation and toilet flushing. The project required a capital investment of R 1.5 million and achieved a 93% reduction in water consumption for those specific uses, with annual savings of R 200,000 and a five-year payback period.

• Bayside Mall installed a system to capture, screen, and store rainwater from the roof and stormwater from nearby channels using six tanks with a total capacity of 60,000 litres, which then feed two header tanks for gravity-led distribution to public toilets and irrigation.
• The water harvesting system resulted in a 93% decrease in water consumption for landscape irrigation and public toilet flushing.

APA

Fundikwa, B. (n.d.). Reducing water use at shopping centres. GreenCape. https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Case-Study_Bayside-Mall_FINAL_DIGITAL.pdf

Chicago

Fundikwa, Bridget. Reducing water use at shopping centres. GreenCape, n.d. https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Case-Study_Bayside-Mall_FINAL_DIGITAL.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fundikwandreducing, author = {Fundikwa, Bridget}, title = {{Reducing water use at shopping centres}}, institution = {GreenCape}, url = {https://greencape.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Case-Study_Bayside-Mall_FINAL_DIGITAL.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }