Potable water is a key focus at African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa in Cape Town in May 2019
World Water Day, a UN initiative, is celebrated on 22 March every year and focuses on the importance of water. This year’s theme is ‘Leaving no one behind’, adapting the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that as sustainable development progresses, everyone must benefit.
Water also remains one of the key topics and discussion points at the annual African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa in Cape Town, where from 14-16 May, the conference will bring together experts from public and private sectors to support municipalities as they become more responsive and efficient in their water practices.
Part of this knowledge exchange includes the technical site visits taking place on 17 May, including at The Beverage Company bottling plant.
“Delegates will see the bottling plant and the water saving projects that were implemented that helped us reduce our wastewater and saving millions of litres of municipal water,” says Putterill. “They will also see our alternative water supply project that we have initiated to reduce our dependence on the municipal water supply by installing our own boreholes and reverse osmosis plant.”
He adds: “it has been fascinating to see what can be achieved when a team applies their mind to a particular goal. It has also been a huge learning curve for all concerned, learning about water treatment, alternative water sources, geohydrology and many other topics.”
See David Putterill’s full interview here..
More water experts and speakers at African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa will also include among others:
“The greatest challenge facing global water security is global transformation. The world is changing as we look on and this is happening at a very fast pace and impacting heavily on available natural resources, including fresh water.”
– Paul Yillia, Guest Research Scholar (Water Programme), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, winner of 2018 African Utility Week Industry Award for Outstanding Contribution Award for Water and chairperson of African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa water conference.
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Author: GBA News Desk
