UNITAR launches University Network for Sustainable Development and 2021 Learning Center during HLPF miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
March 15, 2021
WATER WEEK SHOULD BE MORE THAN PROMISES AND RHETORIC.
The SA Government’s annual National Water Week campaign for 2021 takes place during this week of (15 – 22 March), culminating in the United Nations’ World Water Day that will this year be celebrated around the world on Monday, 22 March 2021. The aim of this annual event is to educate the public about their responsibility in water conservation initiatives, whilst raising awareness around the need to protect and conserve the country’s water resources. Whilst SAPPMA applauds and supports the idea behind the campaign, it is clear that its focus and impact should stretch much further than merely educational purposes. More than ever before, it needs to stimulate authorities into action.
Why we need the Blue and Green Drop reports: ‘Everyone in SA lives downstream from a sewage discharge point’
17 Feb 2021
Everyone in South Africa lives downstream from a sewage discharge point into their drinking water supply, which is why the Blue and Green Drop reports are so important. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
Everyone in South Africa lives downstream from a sewage discharge point into their drinking water supply, which is why the Blue and Green Drop reports are so important, says water specialist Anthony Turton.
The country has a closed-loop system, whereby all drinking water comes from a river or dam, but all sewage and industrial wastewater is returned to the same river but in a different place, explains the professor at the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State.