A recent webinar around water demand management practices had various water sector experts talk about technology and how to change people’s behaviour for sustainable water practices. Dr Kirsty Carden, director of UCT’s Future Water Institute, discussed water-sensitive design, which is a particular way of thinking about water management. Access the webinar hereWatch: The benefits of water demand managementCities tend to have a more structured approach to water demand management, but that doesn’t mean rural and informal areas don’t need programmatic responses to managing water demand. This is why a new strategy had to be formulated for multiple water resources, which also included water demand management strategies. Pointing to a recent Water Research Commission report on water availability, Govender said South Africa needs billions of rands to fix water infrastructure.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 07, 2023 13:58 UTC