In recognition of the reality that every action involving water management and its use requires effective cooperation among multiple actors, whether at local or international level, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared 2013 to be the International Year of Water Cooperation and on World Water Day, on March 22, 2013, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon’s said that water held the key to sustainable development.

However, a multitude of factors are impacting on the water sector at global and State level, including funding constraints, climate change, lack of institutional capacity, political issues and insufficient numbers of suitably skilled water professionals.

Creamer Media’s Water 2013 report considers the aforementioned issues, not only in the South African context, but also in the African and global context, and examines the issues of water and sanitation, water quality and the demand for water, among others.

This report is a summary of information published in Engineering News and Mining Weekly, as well as information available in the public domain and does not purport to provide an analysis of market trends.

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