The Water Research Commission (WRC) of South Africa visited India last week to formalise a needs-based knowledge partnership for collaborative research, knowledge exchange, dissemination and capacity building, with the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in Delhi, India. The aim of the collaboration is to strengthen advocacy campaigns and community engagement and to share lessons in focused research areas of mutual interest. Areas that will be explored include water-sensitive design and planning; (rainwater harvesting, decentralised wastewater treatment and faecal sludge/septage management), water–energy issues and climate change, as well as green innovations.
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