Within the water value chain, the main PPP opportunities can be found in desalination, wastewater treatment and water reuse. For developing countries like South Africa, reliable funding from a public partner is key to closing the gap between expansion and access. There is, undoubtedly capacity to engage PPPs across a whole range of municipality types. The Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database by the World Bank has data on over 6,400 infrastructure pro

South Africa’s water resources are, in global terms, scarce and very limited - the average rainfall (450 mm per year) is well below the world average (of about 860 mm), evaporation is comparatively high, and not big or navigable rivers exist. Many communities battle with water supply interruptions throughout South Africa. Lots of areas are impacted negatively with no alternatives or experienced technology partners. Water production interruptions or inadequate treatment of wat

Rainfall in Africa is highly variable with the total amount of precipitation changing through the years and across the continent. Africa has an average of less than 1,000 millimeters of rain falls per year across most of the continent. Rainfall tends to decrease with distance from the equator and is insignificant in the Sahara, in eastern Somalia, and in the southwest of the continent in Namibia and South Africa. But it has become more mutable: droughts and floods are more fr

South Africa has major plans to become Africa’s innovation hub - with its laws, taxes and regulations paving the way for other African nations to build on the local experiences of overcoming power and water shortages. South Africa has designed and implemented new independent economic development zones to strengthen local content application and to create sustainable jobs for its citizens. Water shortages are hitting the whole African continent hard, and with global warming, m

There are many factors that affect the quality and cleanliness of water, but how risky is drinking saline water on a daily really? Collaborative research funded by the Indiana University Bloomington, USA; has exposed how increased levels of salt via potable water systems in coastal regions are increasing cardiovascular and other diseases. Climate change, which leads to sea level rise, is one of the primary drivers of water salinity. Over extraction of ground water and constru