New book on Climate Resilient Water Resources Management

By: Bimo Nkhata on 7th Jun 2018

International Water Security Network researchers Bimo Nkhata, Charles Breen and Machaya Chomba have contributed to a new book on climate resilience. Climate Resilient Water Resources Management, edited by Robert Brears, is part of the Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies... Read more »

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National water governance: A bigger deal than drought?

By: Dr Sandile Hadebe and Mr Jon McCosh on 16th May 2018

A decade ago, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in South Africa was facing difficulties in offering basic services. Unmaintained ageing infrastructure was causing problems, with pipes either bursting or leaking severely. The country was already experiencing a water supply deficit from... Read more »

Categories: Africa Agriculture Blog Drought Resilience Water services

What city managers can learn from the management of water in conservation areas

By: Bimo Nkhata on 19th Mar 2018

Conservation areas such as the Kruger National Park in South Africa possess attributes akin to the properties of modern cities. Both tend to be managed as closed systems without due regard to the external forces that shape their function... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Drought Monash South Africa

New project to research ‘green infrastructure for water security policy’

By: Richard Meissner on 14th Mar 2018

Water security is an important issue as well as an all-encompassing notion in the socio-economic development of communities, cities, provinces and countries. Achieving water security at these levels is a complex undertaking involving a number of stakeholders and management... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Green infrastructure Monash South Africa

A right to water…and a right to information about water?

By: Duncan Hay on 12th Mar 2018

We live in a world where we are bombarded with information. Some information is obvious – we don’t need to be told that our city is dirty; we can see it. We don’t need to be told our rubbish... Read more »

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Promoting water security in small-scale gold mining communities in Uganda

By: Will Bickerton on 1st Mar 2018

Will Bickerton, who is studying for a BSc in Environmental Science at the University of the West of England, spent six months on placement with the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) in Uganda, as part of the UWE... Read more »

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‘Building Leaders, Making Impact’ at the 8th IYWPC

By: Linda Downsborough on 1st Feb 2018

The 8th International Young Water Professionals Conference (IYWPC), was held in South Africa from the 10-13 December 2017. According to the President of the International Water Association, the IYWPC series has become the ‘must attend event’ for young water... Read more »

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A new plan for water and sanitation – will it drown or float?

By: Duncan Hay on 24th Jan 2018

The South African Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has just released a draft of its National Water and Sanitation Masterplan for comment. It is brilliant and, like many brilliant things, it is flawed. I encourage you to download... Read more »

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A closer look at urban water insecurity in an African context

By: Bimo Nkhata, Machaya Chomba on 23rd Jan 2018

The current public health pandemic in Lusaka, Zambia can be described as a function of extreme urban water insecurity, which takes into account important social factors such as public hygiene, water supply, waste collection, flood management (drainage), and public... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Flooding Monash South Africa Resilience Urban drainage Water services Zambia

Reducing the loss of life from flooding in the uMngeni river basin

By: Duncan Hay on 18th Jan 2018

It’s mid to late summer in South Africa, the time when we might expect floods. A few years ago, a friend was recounting memories from his childhood in Greyling Street, Pietermaritzburg. His earliest memory was of being woken by... Read more »

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