What is it about?
This paper compares water use for heavy water users to the jobs and income generated by these sectors to assess water-use efficiency. It uses the Berg Water Management Area - including Cape Town and surrounds in South Africa - as a case study and discusses the implications for SDG6.
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Why is it important?
Water licences are allocated to heavy water users without a rigorous process to assess the comparative benefits of different users. This paper provides a case study of how this could be done, and shows how different water users create very different numbers of jobs and income. This is important for policy makers and water managers around the world.
Perspectives
This paper was featured on the front page of the journal under the title 'Water for jobs'. This captures the critical importance of scarce water resources and much needed jobs in South Africa, and beyond.
Dr Megan Cole
University of Cape Town
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This page is a summary of: Water for sustainable development in the Berg Water Management Area, South Africa, South African Journal of Science, March 2018, Academy of Science of South Africa,
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2018/20170134.
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