There are a number of reasons why poverty has become an epidemic in Africa. Poverty can be the result of political instability, ethnic conflicts, climate change and other man-made causes. But one of the greatest causes of poverty in Africa is also the most overlooked...the lack of access to clean drinking water.
Nearly one billion people do not have access to clean, safe water - that's the equivalent of 1 in 8 people on the planet!
Nearly one billion people do not have access to clean, safe water - that's the equivalent of 1 in 8 people on the planet!
A fourth of South African river ecosystems and almost half of its wetland areas are critically endangered, the OECD said. The quality of surface water is “particularly poor” around urban areas while groundwater and surface-water contamination from flooding of closed mines is a “serious threat”
Acid water seeping from shuttered gold mines is rising in Johannesburg and the government in July said it would start pumping the liquid out by the end of this year. The city underwent a gold-mining boom that lasted more than a century from the 1890s.
Acid water seeping from shuttered gold mines is rising in Johannesburg and the government in July said it would start pumping the liquid out by the end of this year. The city underwent a gold-mining boom that lasted more than a century from the 1890s.
http://thewaterproject.org/
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