South Africans flush toilets with drinkable water. Study in Cape Town looked at using seawater instead
As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of ...
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South Africans flush toilets with drinkable water
The first problem is that the city uses clean, treated drinking water for toilet flushing. Generally, 20%-30% of the city’s drinkable water supply to households is used to flush toilets.
South Africa’s unsafe water supplies: licensing service providers won’t solve the issue
South Africa’s government has a new plan to license water providers and revoke the licences if they don’t deliver clean, ...
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Licensing won’t fix South Africa’s unsafe water crisis
In many cities and towns across South Africa, water shortages and supply disruptions have become more frequent.
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Water in Eastern and Southern Africa
The number of people without access to water is growing in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the only region of the world where this is happening. About 387 million people lived without access to basic ...
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Michigan linebacker spent spring break digging for water in Uganda
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — While some his teammates spent spring break vacationing in tropical locales, Michigan linebacker Ernest ...
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Where to now after indaba on water crisis?
As South Africa’s water crisis has intensified – marked by water scarcity, poor quality and unreliable infrastructure, impacting business sectors and communities – experts have pinned their ...
Scientists hope hungry weevils from Louisiana can tackle South Africa’s invasive water plants
South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from the United States in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia ...