Freshwater Crisis

Freshwater Crisis

According to the United Nations, water use has grown at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century. By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world’s population living in water-stressed regions as a result of use, growth, and climate change. The challenge we now face as we head into the future is how to effectively conserve, manage, and distribute the water we have.

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Mintails mining created an ‘environmental catastrophe’ in the West Rand

Mintails mining created an ‘environmental catastrophe’ in the West Rand

As a heavy wind blows over the West Rand, clouds of dust swirl from clusters of barren mine dumps towering over both sides of Main Reef Road, turning the skyline a ghostly white.It’s a bleak scene that environmental justice activist Mariette Liefferink knows all too well

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