#SurplusWater2025
AQUAffection
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#SDGAction50570
Description
#SurplusWater2025’s mission is to continue building a community of individuals and companies, committed to reducing our water footprint by 20-25%, to achieve Surplus Water. Water is in trouble. We believe that if we work together, focus on efficient use and raise awareness, surplus water is possible in South Africa.
We do this by:
- Promoting Public Water Awareness and sharing
- Educational Content Showcasing
- Partners in Water Conservation
- Efficient Use and Sustainable Solutions
- Encouraging Partnerships and Celebrating Results (All Stakeholders)
Valuing Water, understanding the challenges and acting accordingly, requires a significant mindset change, supported by technical solutions.
#SurplusWater2025 welcomes partners who are:
- Committed to Water and pledge to take action
- Actively work towards a 20-25%+ reduction in water footprint of ALL water-users
- Make use of or provide sustainable supplementary solutions
The power to ONLY use the water you need, is in everyone's hands. This is the one thing, each of us can do immediately and that has an immediate effect. The quickest, easiest, and most cost-effective way to make an impact, is to focus on demand. If we can reduce demand, together, we can reduce our supply deficit.
With the 30+ private sector contributing partners currently participating, the combined water savings has resulted in more than 3 million litres PER DAY... and counting.
Current Achievements:
- Partners focussing on monitoring, awareness and efficiency alone, consistently result in an average of 20%+ reduction in demand.
- Partners who combine efficiency with sustainable alternative water solutions, are reporting an average in excess of 40% and in some cases up to 80% reduction in water demand.
Water efficiency is not a once-off action to lower consumption, it is critically important to KEEP consumption down. The key is continuous monitoring and acting accordingly.
Reducing demand not only protect the source of water, but also reduce the 'generation of waste'/effluent water. Efficient use is the very first step.
#SurplusWater2025's Water Action is aiming for at least 20% of high water consumers to simply use water efficiently and reduce their demand by 25% or more, to reach the tipping point and achieve Surplus Water.
Just imagine the impact on the water network, on alternative water sources and on the natural water cycle if ALL water users commit to achieve these results.
The #SurplusWater2025 movement is a growing community of dedicated companies and individuals committed to a 20-25%+ reduction in water demand. The combined efforts of contributing partners has resulted in a 2.4+ billion litres water saved, and counting. Partners:
- ADvTECH Group
- AQUAffection
- ATTACQ
- Atterbury
- Broll
- Dutton Plastics Engineering
- Emira Property Fund
- Fortress
- Foundation for Professional Development
- Hallcore Water
- Pretoria Boys High School
- SBS Tanks
- St. Peter's College
- Vodacom Bulls
- WRP Consulting Engineers
- Safari Investments
Water Action Results:
- Emira Propery Fund Saves 500 million+ liters
- Vodacom Bulls Sport Stadium saves 100 million+ liters
- Partner, SBS Tanks stores more than 824 million liters
- Office Park in Pretoria succes story
- Industrial Facility in Cape Town Success Story
- 51 Schools across South Africa Success Story
- Water & Sanitation Africa Magazine Publication
- Infrastructure News Article: Toilets can save metros 30% water
SDGS & Targets
Goal 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
6.1
By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.1.1
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
6.2
By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.2.1
Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water
6.3
By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
6.3.1
Proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated
6.3.2
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
6.4
6.4.1
Change in water-use efficiency over time
6.4.2
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
6.5
By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
6.5.1
Degree of integrated water resources management
6.5.2
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
6.6
6.6.1
Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
6.a
6.a.1
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan
6.b
Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
6.b.1
Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
Goal 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
12.1
Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
12.1.1
Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production
12.2
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.2.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
12.2.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
12.3.1
(a) Food loss index and (b) food waste index
12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.4.1
12.4.2
(a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment
12.5
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.5.1
National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
12.6
Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.6.1
12.7
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.7.1
Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans
12.8
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
12.8.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
12.a
Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.a.1
Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
12.b
Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
12.b.1
Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
12.c
Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
12.c.1
Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP
SDG 14 targets covered
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Deliverables & Timeline
20% high consuming water users joining/committing
20-25% reduction in demand reported by every partner. Committed to actively and sustainably manage a smaller Water footprint
Starting local, aiming global
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Gert, Managing Director