Researchers are tracking multi-drug resistant bacteria in South Africa’s water to see how it endangers food safety when it’s used to irrigate crops.
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A new law is forcing water companies to make pollution data readily accessible to the general public - but it doesn’t go far enough.
Sewage leaks, rundown communal outdoor toilets and breakdowns in water systems are causing public health disasters across Africa.
Regulator Ofwat has slapped big fines on water companies, including Thames Water, for sewage pollution offences – will they make a difference?
In South Africa, a group of citizen scientists who test water quality and log the results on a specialised app have helped keep the water supply for 4.3 million people clean.
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Aquatic Ecologist, Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Research Associate, Centre for Water Resources Research, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Research Scientist at GroundTruth, University of Cape Town
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Research affiliate, King's College London
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Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor and Water Management Expert, University of South Africa
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Director DNDi Eastern Africa and Senior Principal Research Scientist, KEMRI, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Research Fellow, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Research Scientist, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Research fellow, Seoul National University
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Professor of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University
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Gradute Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Lecturer, UCL
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Professor - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and co-director of the Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of Pretoria
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Researcher: Environmental Antimicrobial resistance, water quality and food safety, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria