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Despite more rainfall, devastating hot and dry spells are projected to become more frequent in the Upper Nile basin in the future.
The ‘New Bradfield’ scheme seeks to revive a nation-building ethos supposedly stifled by bureaucratic inertia. But there are good reasons the scheme never became a reality.
Government leadership is needed to manage the aquifer as a system for all, including environmental services, rather than for the powerful few.
Cities relied entirely on conserving and recycling water to get through the last big drought. We now have desalination plants, but getting the most out of our water reserves still makes sense.
If you want to live like a local when on holiday, you should defecate like one.
The situation in Perth in particular has some parallels to that of Cape Town, but Australian cities responded to the last big drought by investing in much bigger water supply and storage capacity.
With an ever-increasing cost to extract dwindling raw materials, it’s time to look at cities as urban mines. We’re developing the tools to do that.
Many states in Nigeria are reeling from cholera outbreaks. They need better health and sanitation infrastructure to disrupt transmission of the bacteria which cause the disease.
Nigeria is rich in water resources. but poor management has led to water scarcity in the country.
Some water researchers are ignoring the evidence offered by sampling if it doesn’t fit their preconceived notions. But science should always be honest and open.
Urbanisation will require massive amounts of water to sustain the livelihoods of millions expected to move into cities. This may happen at farmers’ expense.
There’s enough water under the ground to form a lake 100m deep over the earth.
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Senior Lecturer Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor and Water Management Expert, University of South Africa
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