water | Infrastructure news - Part 215

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Gender, water and development under the spotlight

The struggle for access to sufficient water in Africa is both a human rights issue and a development challenge, impacting on health, agricultural and economic activity, the educational opportunity of women and children and social stability and...
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Take the water journey

Water is undeniably a precious resource and WWF, through a partnership with Sanlam, are working to conserve our country’s freshwater ecosystems and natural resources. As part of these efforts, the Journey of Water campaign was launched at the end...
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New dual purpose water technology

Sasol and General Electric (GE) power and water have together developed new water technology that will clean waste water, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation. This new technology, known as Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor...
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Significant boost for water quality

Veolia Water is helping companies and governments around the world get one step closer to sustainable water management with its internally developed indicator that enables a pragmatic and comprehensive assessment of the impact of human activity on...
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The role of recycled water

The 9th International Water Association (IWA) Conference and Exhibition on water reclamation was held last week Windhoek. The event had a special focus on sustainable water usage and efficiency. More than 400 international scientists, engineers and...
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Africa water utilities bleed water

African water companies are losing as much as 35% of their total production because of leaks, fraud and unpaid bills. This is the view of the African Water Association. As much as 50% of the water produced in some African nations is never accounted...
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Water shortage in Tanzania

Tanzania is one of 18 African countries that are expected to experience a serious shortage of water by 2025 due to failure to protect water sources. The same situation has rendered a number of African countries unable to meet their water...