SA hotels now 'aquasmart' thanks to new tool

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Water conservation SA hotels now ‘aquasmart’ thanks to new tool The Water Research Commission (WRC) has developed a tool to help hotels and other hospitality accommodation establishments reduce their water consumption. Sue Matthews reports. When the small coastal town of Hermanus was gripped by drought a few years ago, permanent residents eyed the perilously low level of the De Bos Dam with a growing sense of unease, and frequently bemoaned the view that visitors to the area were not committed to saving water. The town’s population increases fourfold during the peak summer season, and although this is partly due to the abundance of holiday homes, there are numerous guesthouses and B&B’s, as well as a few hotels. It was perhaps fitting, then, that a workshop to testrun a tool designed to assist these accommodation establishments to be more ‘water wise’ was held in Hermanus recently.

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