Urban water management is characterized by a supply sided approach throughout Southern Africa.

This traditional approach to water supply focus on the development of more supply, based on presumed need for new infrastructure. New infrastructure includes the construction of new dams, reservoirs, tanks, reticulation systems and major water transfer schemes. These engineering solutions have been effective for a period of time. However, the need arises for an alternative approach, as supply-sided solutions only postpone the inevitable. ‘Demand Management’ is an alternative approach where the fundamental outcome is to reduce the need for new supply infrastructure through a range of measures including: conservation-based tariff structures, effective water loss management, reuse of wastewater and creation of awareness.

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