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Day Zero – Water Shortage

Day Zero, the day when the municipal water supply is expected to run out, could be approaching sooner than expected as cities in South Africa have been experiencing serious water shortages
People filling large blue water containers from a stream of running water, mindful of the looming Day Zero as whispers of a water shortage echo throughout the community.

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Day Zero, the day when the municipal water supply is expected to run out, could be approaching sooner than expected as cities in South Africa have been experiencing serious water shortages. The last time a Day Zero was predicted in South Africa was in 2018 when the city of Cape Town, in the Western Cape Province, experienced crisis levels of water shortages.

In times when persistent water restrictions, have become a bitter pill to swallow – one cannot avoid dealing with the economic double whammy like this can have devastating consequences on developing nations. MEB specializes in providing plug and play solutions, that enable stakeholders to organically grow with their beneficiaries. Our claim to fame is not only anchored in designing, engineering, and procuring of state-of-art water technology, but in the effective implementation of hybrid off grid water treatment solutions, that require little operator attention.

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A revolutionary approach to water supply

To cope with a crippling and prolonged drought crisis, MEB installed a containerized desalination plant at Richards Bay, South Africa. The project was completed in just seven months. The containers were easily transported to the designated location.1

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