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Africa: Wildlife and Communities Lack Drinking Water

The biggest challenge facing both animals and human beings is water. As soon as water bodies start drying up, wild animals find their way into our communities. Vegetation, plants and water are very important to all animals, especially in Africa where animals

A Critical Link: Water and Public Health Facilities

The deficit of water and sanitation infrastructure is a major issue that directly impacts hospitals and clinics – without enough water, disease in the population grows, because of the lack of basic water, sewage and waste disposal services. Combining a semi-arid country like South Africa with rapid urbanization and industrialization, a heavily biased population migration pattern toward the cities and peri-urban suburbs, and the eminent

Climate Resilient Future for Megacities in Southern Africa

Climate change and population growth are well-known factors of water stress in urban areas that manifest mainly through changes in the water cycle. Urban challenges of climate change include droughts, floods, melting glaciers, sea-level rise and storms that intensify with rapid

The Benefits of Packaged Water Treatment Plants

At a municipal level, modular packaged water treatment plants are suitable for meeting the various water treatment needs of growing communities, whether in metropolitan or rural areas. Packaged water treatment plants must

Municipal Water Resource Management

Improving public water and wastewater systems, is a key factor perceived to assist with the implementation of appropriate drought adaptation strategies. The public sector lacks local capacity

Potable Water is a Source of Life and Spirituality

Potable water is an essential human right, not only for consumption, but also for informal heritages and spirituality. Informal heritages and their sites are defined as those not included in a formal institutional process of definition and

Waste-To-Energy: Africa’s Future Is Circular

There are multiple thermal and non-thermal technology solutions, from anaerobic digestion to gasification to processed engineered fuel. We believe Waste-to-Energy (W2E) can play a significant role in increasing integrated waste and resource management, through harnessing energy from residual material – as precedented in Europe, Asia, and the USA. It is also a