CONTENTS
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Contents
ISSN 1812 - 1705
September 2020 | Vol 26 No 07
Conveyance of water and waste
FEATURE
33 Sanitaryware: rethinking the way we touch
and handle things
PRODUCTS
TECHNICAL
36 NRCS shuts down illegal geyser refurbishing
42 Products
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Protection:
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provide redress when failures occur
Cover image by Eamonn Ryan
PROTECTION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
37 Innovative smart phone app to improve
rainwater harvesting in Africa
38 IAPMO: Bringing hygiene to the homeless
40 Who should be appointed Covid-19
manager?
REGULARS
1 Fitting thought
3 #SurplusWater 2025
3 Save the date
43 Last word revisited
44 Web/Brandlistings
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