Africa's most prominent water experts are meeting to discuss issues concerning the resource on the continent. | IamAlexSweet
Teboho Joala, Rand Water chief shared services officer, said sewage treatment for reuse is a significant issue the entity faced.
He said the entity was working on projects to treat effluent for industrial and agricultural use. Currently, much of this was serviced by potable water, which was costly to treat.To this end, Joala said the entity had a memorandum of understanding for projects with Sedibeng District Municipality and Johannesburg Water."South Africa has one of the oldest mining industries on the continent.
He said there was a need for the African experts to create specialised groups as there were a lot of"issues in Africa"."The issue is that [leadership] changes every few months [because of politics]." He said the continent needed independent water entities with long-term leaders who could implement plans and see those plans through.In times of uncertainty you need journalism you can trust. For 14 free days, you can have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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