Wednesday, 22 March was World Water Day. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse’s WaterCAN, in association with Lawyers for Human Rights, hosted a webinar on ‘Clean water is everyone’s human right’.
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Joburg Water to send additional water tankers to areas affected by water outagesThe City of Tshwane and Ekurhuleni have reported having almost week-long water outages, and Joburg Water said that this was a result of a Rand Water pump that had failed, and vandalism to water structures.
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Disgruntled residents protest over lack of water supply as Joburg Water blames Rand Water | City PressAfter three weeks of no water, the community of Robertsham and Southdale, in the south of Johannesburg, marched to the Joburg Water depot, demanding immediate water reconnection.
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Aquifers Are No Silver Bullet in Solving Africa's Water ScarcityAs the world commemorates World Water Day, Gaathier Mahed for The Conversation reports that discoveries of aquifers - underground earth formations that hold water - often create excitement around their ability to ease water scarcity in a region. Alternative water sources, like aquifers, need to be explored. Water gets into these aquifers in different ways. Some are filled by new rainfall, others hold old, or ancient, rainfall. In Africa, most are found less than 50 metres below the ground's surface. Many of Africa's aquifers are spread across country borders, meaning countries have to share the water resource. The largest volumes of groundwater in Africa are found in large aquifers in Libya, Algeria, Egypt and Sudan. Aquifers have the capacity to provide some water in almost all parts of Africa. Groundwater is part of the solution to water scarcity, but not the entire solution. It should be used in a way that keeps it available long into the future. The UN reports that, water starts wars, puts out fires, and is key to human survival, but ensuring access for all hinges largely on improving cooperation, in a new flagship report. Globally, two billion people do not have safe drinking water and 3.6 billion lack access to safely managed sanitation, the has report found. The global urban population facing water scarcity is projected to potentially double from 930 million in 2016 to between 1.7 and 2.4 billion people, in 2050. The rising incidence of extreme and prolonged droughts is also stressing ecosystems, with dire consequences for both plant and animal species, the report has said.
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UN 2023 Water Conference kicks off on Wednesday - SABC NewsThe UN says that it will dedicate this year's World Water Day, which is being marked today, to accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis.
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Drought, floods and sickness: Key takeaways from UN's water reportSome of the key takeaways from the UN Water forum detailing global water-related issues include water shortages, natural disasters, damaged ecosystems, and a lack of access to safe drinking water.
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Rand Water working to fix water supply issues in parts of Gauteng: City of JhbThe City of Joburg and Tshwane both confirmed that they are experiencing low water levels and supply challenges, adding that Rand Water is working on the problems.
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