World Water Day serves as a reminder of South Africa’s water crisis.
We need smarter water management
- World Water Day was celebrated on 22 March.
- Experts at SU wrote opinion pieces.
- Spotlight on smarter water management, digital technologies, water crisis and AI.
Smarter water management in deep-level mines, the potential of innovative digital technologies to help solve the municipal water crisis, and the role of artificial intelligence in water consumption. These are the issues that experts at Stellenbosch University highlighted in opinion pieces for the media in celebration of World Water Day on 22 March. Click on the links below to read the articles as published.
- Waldo Gerber, Corne Schutte, Andries Gous and Jean van Laar (Deep-level mines must get smarter about water – The Star)
- George Mosima (Innovative digital technologies: A solution to South Africa's municipal water crisis? – Weekend Argus)
The following opinion piece, which also appeared in the media, was not facilitated by Corporate Communication and Marketing:
- Dr Lize Barclay (How AI's water consumption impacts women in Southern Africa – Weekend Argus)
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