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Water & Sanitation
Conference 2009
Providing an integrated & sustainable solution to
Water and Sanitation challenges in Southern Africa
Featured Speakers include:
Mike Muller, Visiting Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public
and Development Management Wits University (Former Director General,
Dept of Water A airs and Forestry- DWAF)
Marlene Van Der Merwa Botha, WaterGroup Specialist: Water and
Wastewater (Former President: Water Institute of South Africa- WISA) &
Leonardo Manus, Deputy-Director Water Services Regulation, Dept of
Water A airs and Forestry (DWAF)
Godfrey Mwiinga, Specialist on Water and Sanitation with Develop-
ment Bank of Southern Africa
Dr. Jo Barnes, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Interdisciplinary Health
Sciences, Division of Community Health Stellenbosch University
Gareth Morgan, MP, DA Spokesperson on Environmental A airs
Dr. Jacqui Goldin, Senior Research Fellow, Waternet Chair,
University of the Western Cape
Prof Roland Schulze, Professor Emeritus of Hydrology & Senior
Research Associate School of Bio resources Engineering & Environmental
Hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Nokuzola Lujiza, Senior Professional O cer - City of Cape Town Water
Pollution control
John Rocha, Project Manager, NEPAD Business Foundation
Hameda Deedat, Steering committee member, e South African
“Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; Water Caucus
canst not be de ned, art relished while Dr. Kevin Wall, Divisional Fellow & Principal Researcher, Council for
ever mysterious. Scienti c and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Mariette Lie erink, CEO, Federation for a Sustainable Environment
Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou (Activist)
llest us with a grati cation that exceeds the Elias Mkhwanazi, Project Manager, Environmental Monitoring Group
delight of the senses.” (working with Western Cape Water and Sanitation Caucus)
Emilie Galley, Hydro Geologist, Umvoto Africa
(earth-water-science-life)
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, From Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939
Conference Overview
is conference will a ord you the special privilege of interacting with decision makers, stakeholders and experts in the eld of
Water and Sanitation; as it brings together professionals to discuss ongoing developments and emerging solutions; providing an
integrated approach to sustainable water and sanitation development. Also exchange of knowledge on aspect of service delivery
in Southern Africa.
· Dynamic inputs, insights and case studies from City of Cape Town, WaterGroup, Umvoto Africa,
CSIR, DBSA, SA water Caucus...
· Discover emerging innovations and ideas for sustainable Water and Sanitation Development
· Opportunity for plenary discussion and input into the conference action plan from all sessions…
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Conference Background
e Service delivery challenges of communities and water
professionals in emerging countries are unprecedented. It is a Who Should
Attend?
known fact that in meeting the millennium development goals
(MDGs), e ective water resources management and sanitation
is central and of huge signi cance. Indeed the “Right to Water”
has been recognized at global level, and particularly in South Technical specialists from both research
Africa, however, signi cant social injustice remains. Today, emerg- and practice communities; from
ing countries are faced with a range of dynamic pressures includ-
engineering and science disciplines
ing rapid population growth and urban sprawl, industrialization
(social and economic)
and de-industrialization and climate change.
We produce massive streams of waste (solid, gaseous, liquid) National water and sanitation
contaminating soils, air and water and our ecological footprints is policy makers
increasing rapidly through continued exploitation of avail-
able resources; not to mention the deteriorating water quality. Water Boards/Corporations
Rural communities not only have to deal with poverty,
unemployment, lack of shelter. Poor hygiene and sanitation, water- Ministries of Water Resources
borne diseases and infections are fast becoming the way of life. A and Environment
number of policies and programs have been put in place, with the
aim of solving the many problems and challenges that faces us. In Water Providers For Communities,
many ways, water de nes our wealth as individuals, nation, and Hotels and Institutions
community. Water is critical to the regional growth, economic
integration, and collective economic independence in an Corporate Environmental Managers
increasingly globalised world. However, the question we
have to answer is, is our present conventional approach to Consulting Engineers
water and sanitation adequate enough? Shall we continue to do
di erent things or do things di erently? How can we best man- Environmental Scientists, Water
age and utilize our water resources in a sustainable manner? Chemists and Microbiologists
Seeing that these challenges are enormous and they are not to
be in any way trivialized, the measures to meeting them must be Manufacturers of Water
dynamic, demand-led, holistic, integrated and highly sustainable.
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In meeting these challenges, we at Beaver and Beaver Management
solution (Pty)Ltd, in association with Amabhubesi
Packaged/Bottled Water Suppliers
Conferencing and Training Johannesburg South Africa, and Producers
have put together this conference to enable an avenue where
knowledge and innovative ideas are pooled from which Public Health O cials
emerging solution and appropriate decision are made for a
better future for all. is is essential if at all we are to meet the National, provincial, municipal and
millennium development goals (MDGs). Our aim is to ensure that Local Regulators
social, economic, environmental, and technical dimensions are
fully taken into proper perspective in the approach to water and International Finance and
sanitation solutions. Assistance Agencies
You cannot a ord to miss this exclusive, knowledge driven and Water Project Financing Organizations
innovative Conference. Book now and join Amabhubesi to
discover emerging solutions to the water and Sanitation Challenge Researchers/Students
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PO Box 2568, Cramerview 2060
CONFERENCING & TRAINING Tel: +27 11 326 0356, Fax: +27 11 326 0302
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D ay O tion, the health consequences of the sanitation failures and looming water
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Registration (Morning Refreshment)
Opening Remarks: Chairperson
Prof Roland Schulze, Professor Emeritus of Hydrology & Senior Research
Keynote Address Associate School of Bio resources Engineering & Environmental Hydrology
Mike Muller, Visiting Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Public and University of KwaZulu-Natal
Development Management Wits University (Former Director General,
Dept of Water A airs and Forestry- DWAF)
to this new condition in our planning in terms of Water quality, water quan-
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tion will present emerging solutions for developing appropriate adaptation
Water is a critical resource for all communities:
Nokuzola Lujiza, Senior Professional O cer - City of Cape Town Water Pol-
e challenge of managing water is thus to nd and maintain the right bal- lution control
ensure production, without which we perish in poverty, adequate services
to keep us healthy and, importantly, support to maintain an environment in
e presentation will discuss new approaches to achieving this balance,
including the latest developments from the 5th World Water Forum which
Prof Roland Schulze, Professor Emeritus of Hydrology & Senior Research
- Associate School of Bio resources Engineering & Environmental Hydrology
lustrate this with examples from cities in the Southern African region, from University of KwaZulu-Natal
Angola to Zambia and Zimbabwe concentrating on the challenges that they
Dual economy exists in South Africa (and other emerging country) with a
include:
Technical challenges of meeting urban water needs, including
Lunch
Organisation of water management and water supply and
sanitation services
, Project Manager, NEPAD Business Foundation
, Senior Lecturer, Dept of interdisciplinary health Sciences,
Division of Community Health Stellenbosch University
Mariette Lie erink, CEO, Federation for a Sustainable
Environment (Activist)
Waste from gold mines constitutes the largest single source of waste and
places where water is scarce or becoming scarce, according to World Water
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may continue for many years a er mines are closed and tailings dams decom-
Organization, almost one tenth of the global disease burden could be pre-
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vented by increasing access to safe drinking water; improving sanitation and
lution, degradation of soil quality, for harming aquatic sediments and fauna,
hygiene; and improving water management to reduce risks of water-borne

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Amabhubesi Conferencing & Training
PO Box 2568, Cramerview 2060
CONFERENCING & TRAINING Tel: +27 11 326 0356, Fax: +27 11 326 0302
In Association with Beaver and Beaver Management Solutions (Pty) Ltd www.amabhubesi.com
Long-term exposure to AMD polluted drinking water may lead to increased
(Case Study)
Heavy metals in drinking water could compromise the neural development HydroGeologist, Umvoto (earth-water-science-life)
“… problems related to mining waste may be rated as second only to global
warming and stratospheric ozone depletion in terms of ecological risk” (EEB,
Refreshments / Tea / Co ee
Specialist on Water and Sanitation with Development
Bank of Southern Africa
, WaterGroup Specialist: Water and
Wastewater & Leonardo Manus, Deputy-Director Water Services Preparation of water sector projects to bankability level is understood to
Regulation, Dept of Water A airs and Forestry (DWAF)
Closing Remarks: Chairperson been receiving its due attention as an economic good that could be provided
the relevance of providing water commercially in order to ensure quality and
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End of Conference ing clear that additional funding is not the panacea to sustainability of water
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Senior Research Fellow, Waternet Chair, University of the
Western Cape
Improved delivery is about enhancing choices and the human freedom to live
Registration (Morning Refreshments) environment and to participate in decisions to improve the quality of their
Opening Remarks: Chairperson and sanitation delivery can be a powerful conduit for social development and
to Amartya Sen s notions of development and human freedom
MP, DA Spokesperson on Environmental A airs
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ti c and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Refreshment/Tea/Co ee
Summary Discussion / Questions & Answers
Closing Remarks: Chairperson
End of Conference Day Two!
Steering committee member,
e South African Water Caucus
Refreshments / Tea / Co ee
Water and Sanitation: Towards
Project Manager, Environmental Monitoring Group
(working with Western Cape Water and Sanitation Caucus) innovative ideas; integrated
approach; emerging solutions….