Every drop counts in Kruger's big green wastewater schemes

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Wastewater treatment Considered by many to be Africa’s most iconic game receive, the KNP has received accolades for its green treatment of some of what’s left behind by the thousands of people that streams through the park gates every year – sewage. While they missed out on the Department of Water Affairs’ esteemed Green Drop certification during the last round of assessments, the park is being upheld as a best-practice example in terms of its wastewater treatment methods. According to Dr Marlene van der Merwe Botha, specialist of wastewater management for Water Group Holdings, who manages the Green Drop project, “the KNP will probably be the first oxidation pond system that will attain Green Drop status. ” Though it is something that few spare a second thought to, the topic is one that the park’s general manager of technical services, Blake Schraader, feels quite passionate about.

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