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  • Golf goes green

    FRANCE, 2015/02/19 Recycling rainwater or leaving unplayed areas untouched are examples of ways to save water and reduce golfs’ water footprint While not the greenest sport on the planet, golf’s ecological footprint has for a few years been steadily declining, with some courses even going as far as adopting an all-out green approach. A prime example of just how eco-friendly this sport can be is the Vittel Ermitage golf course, in the Western Vosges region of France. Thanks to Nestlé Waters’ French branch, Agrivair, ecosystem protection and enhancement were taken, inclunding zero-pesticide measures. The result? It is presently not rare to spot deer in the woody parts of the course, or for low-lying areas to be flooded during winter.

  • Ghana, Togo sign cross-border project for drinking water

    GHANA, 2014/12/18 Togo and Ghana have signed a memorandum of considerate (MoU) to establish a cross-border water project, dubbed 'Drinking water Sogakope-Lome', which will supply about four million consumers in both nations with drinking water, PANA learnt here from official sources Tuesday. The cross-border project, signed last Friday here, will be supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB). It will cost an estimated 2.195 million euros. The MoU, which followed talks initiated in 2005 between the Ghana water limited and La Togolaise des Eaux (TdE), aims to increase the rate of access to drinking water for the target populations in the project areas.

  • The Minister of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane will visit Zimbabwe

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2014/12/15 South Africa and Zimbabwe are set to sign a Water Bilateral Agreement on Friday 12 December, which will see additional water being brought into the country. The Minister of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane will visit Zimbabwe primarily to attend the Signing Ceremony of the Certified Agreement on the Cooperation on Water Resources Management. The conference will as well look at the Establishment and Functioning of The Joint Water Commission between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Zimbabwe.

  • Tapping crowd sourcing for change

    AFRICA, 2014/12/10 How do world citizens fasten potable supply for 334 million people in sub-Saharan? African banking brand Standard Bank has launched a world crowd sourcing competition to discover fresh ideas to address this challenge. The competition will set out to seek wisdom from interested parties on a world scale. It is the organisers hope that strides will be made in the direction of better supply assurance through collaboration. Standard Bank’s Water 4 Africa campaign is part of broader long-term strategy to use crowd sourcing to drive innovations that are relevant to its client base, inclunding the communities within which the bank operates.

  • Acting fast to show commitment to water savings

    AFRICA, 2014/12/10 Water Hygiene Convenience (WHC), a company founded by South African, Paseka Lesolang, is one of the early entrants for Standard Bank’s Water 4 Africa competition. The company makes toilets additional efficient and sustainable. Using up to 70% less water than traditional toilets, the WHC product uses a foot flush to enhance its operation. One step equals “half a flush”; two steps results in a full flush. Other key features include a detergent reservoir to fight bacteria inclunding a waste digester which helps reduce clogging, spillage and uses less water.

  • Construction at Neckartal Dam on course

    NAMIBIA, 2014/12/10 Construction at the Neckartal Dam in Namibia is on course and expected to be completed within the scheduled time frame of 36 months, according to Fabrizio Lazzarin Salini SpA project manager. Speaking to the Namibian Daily Newspaper Lazzarin said the setting up of a roller-compacted concrete (RCC) plant is expected to be completed by March next year. He added that excavation for the construction of the right and left flank dam walls are well on track.

  • Congo-Kinshasa: SA Pushes for Grand Inga Hydropower Project Go-Ahead

    CONGO KINSHASA, 2014/11/06 The Grand Inga Hydropower project may prove to be South Africa's solution to the current and next energy challenges if the South African legislature ratifies the treaty on the energy scheme with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The treaty, signed by South Africa and the DRC in October this year, provides the framework for the facilitation of power generation from the Grand Inga project and its delivery to the border between the DRC and Zambia. On Tuesday, 5 November, South African parliament's portfolio committee on energy made a approbation that the legislature make an official decision on the hydropower project to be built on the Inga dams along the Congo River. The multi- phase hydro power station has the potential to generate approximately 40 000MW, sufficient to power half of Africa.

  • Rwanda: Water Agency to Enforce Accountability Measures

    RWANDA, 2014/11/06 The Waterand Sanitation Corporation Ltd (Wasac) has developed a billing system that will be integrated with the management data system in use. The new measure, officials hope, will help curb financial and administrative shortcomings and ensure accountability at the utility regulator. Wasac chief executive James Sano said the development will help avoid shortcomings and cases of mismanagement that were highlighted in the 2012/13 Auditor-General's statement that faulted the defunct Energy Sanitation and Water Authority (EWSA) for various financial impropriety issues. Sano was speaking at a media conference in Kigali yesterday.

  • Water supply and commercial interests in South Africa

    LESOTHO, 2014/09/14 An August 30 army coup caused Lesotho’s prime minister to flee, leaving neighbouring South Africa - which surrounds the tiny mountain kingdom - nervous about the fate of its water supply and commercial interests in the country. Lesotho’ s army currently denies staging a coup, though Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has fled to South Africa - claiming to fear for his life. As of September 3, Mr Thabane had returned to Lesotho, albeit with a South African police escort. However, the country’s political next remains in flux. Lesotho has a history of military coups stretching back to independence in 1996.

  • East Africa: Renaissance Dam Talks Kick Off in Khartoum

    EGYPT, 2014/08/31 The fourth round of tripartite talks over the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam started in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum on Monday. The talks, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, will involve discussions part Egypt's, Sudan's and Ethiopia's water ministers to reach agreement over criteria and mechanisms for building the dam. Egypt's Water and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi stressed during the talks that Egypt was at no time against development within the Nile Basin nations, reported national-run news agency MENA.
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