Water Wheel July/August 2012

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3The Water Wheel July/August 2012 4 fluid thoughts 6 upfront 16 Water engineering SA ’s engineering giants help launch WRC’s book on history of large dams 18 Water history After 150 years Pretoria’s Fountains still a source of life 24 Biodiversity Blink and they might be gone – latest biodiversity assessment highlights dangers to SA ’s wetlands 28 sanitation Cape Town study confirms that toilets count, people matter 32 CatChment management Discovering the secrets of the Olifants sediments 36 Corporate sustainaBility Water footprint – Improving business water use, step by step 38 Water resourCe management From policy to practice – Delving into WRM on the ground 41 Water and the environment ‘End of an era’ as old KNP river research accommodation demolished 44 young Water professionals Water students give back on World Water Day 46 last Word Thousands flock to WISA 2012 THE WATER WHEEL is a two-monthly magazine on water and water research published by the South African Water Research Commission (WRC), a statutory organisation established in 1971 by Act of Parliament.

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