(par 9.7.2.1) Pipe Dreams – Can the Zambezi River supply the region’s water needs

Pipe Dreams: Can the Zambezi River supply th region’s water needs? https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/pipe-dreams-can-zambezi-river-supply-regions-water-needs Author: Scudder Thayer AMay 21, 1992, article in Johannesburg’s The Star, “Zambezi Water Could Do the Trick,” speculates that South Africa’s industrial heartland will run out of water at some point in the next 12 to 30 years. Noting that much of South […]

(par 9.7.2.1) People in Cities Are Taking Charge of Their Water Supplies – and It’s Working

People in African cities are taking charge of their water supplies – and it’s working https://theconversation.com/people-in-african-cities-are-taking-charge-of-their-water-supplies-and-its-working-91758 Author  Ellis Adjei Adams  Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Geosciences, Georgia State University The world has made tremendous progress in bridging the gap between water supply and demand. But there’s a long way still to go. In a 2017 joint […]

(par 9.7.2.1) New seawater plan for KZN

New seawater plan for KZN https://www.iol.co.za/news/new-seawater-plan-for-kzn-1668834 Written by Tony Carnie Durban – Umgeni Water has announced plans to develop two desalination projects on the Durban coastline – one at Tongaat in the north, the other near Illovu in the south. If both plants are built they would supply enough tap water to meet about a […]