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CONTENTS
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 VOL 37 NO 6
4 What’s on
5 News
8 Municipalities
City of Cape Town green bond
The City of Cape Town addresses drought and climate change with
South Africa’s first CBI-accredited green bond.
Milking water-wise opportunities
The Wittekleibosch dairy is an inspiring example of what can be achieved
by positive government intervention and sound collaboration with the
private sector.
14 Infrastructure
Satellite water resource monitoring
Accurate monitoring of available water sources, in a water-scarce
environment like South Africa, is key to successful water
resource management.
16 Environment
Deadly contamination
Cemeteries are scattered throughout the entire country, yet the tombstones
are no reflection of what lies below the ground, often at risk of severely
contaminating our groundwater and environment.
22 Debate
The National Water RDI Roadmap
The National Water Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI)
Roadmap is a sector-wide plan to focus interventions in water research,
high-end skills and innovation.
26 Industry
To the last drop
Increasingly, the world is researching ways to obtain the last drop of
potable water out of everything, from recycled water to human waste –
with differing results.
30 Innovations
32 Contributors
38 Networking
When measurement matters
Water Sewage & Effluent November/December 2017
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