Aqualibrium - Celebrating SA's young water achievers

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The 2013 Aqualibrium champions, Tyson Chuma (18), Rudzani Mnisi (18) and Thulani Ndlovu (17) attend Eqinisweni Secondary School in Ivory Park, Midrand. They won the competition with just 60 penalty points – a truly exceptional score. The Aqualibrium competition was launched ten years ago as SAICE and Rand Water celebrated a hundred years of existence. The competition was devised by Prof Kobus van Zyl and students from the then University of Johannesburg. Using a grid and a set of plastic pipes and buckets, the competition practically illustrates how water distribution systems bring safe and clean drinking water to the people of South Africa. Learners are given insight into the practical application of the processes and the intricacies involved in the design of water distribution networks as well as the actual water delivery to households.

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