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As was mentioned in the opening of this article: water cannot be
created. Therefore, the volume of water we have, is the volume of
water we will always have, and we subsequently need to look after
it. Alternative sources will only be viable as a supplement to an
efficiently run water-demand network.
In short, lower consumption generates less waste, resulting in
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) not running over their capacity.
Government and municipalities save on reticulation cost (that can be
used to maintain current infrastructure) and wastewater treatment.
The end user saves money. The environment then recovers.
This is the foundation and whole objective of #SurplusWater2025
initiative: to get as many companies and people involved as possible
from the private sector, institutions, and government, because our
water security is everyone’s responsibility — and therefore everyone
should be contributing to a collective success. PA
The process of the #SurplusWater2025 concept.
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