KEY players in South Africa's food industry have been urged to implement strict water saving measures to address the country's impending water deficit, which is threatening food security and production.
The appeal comes from Gareth Lloyd-Jones, managing director of Ecowize - the hygiene and sanitation company servicing the food sector.
In a report compiled by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) last year, it was said that there had been repeated warnings that South Africa faces a water supply crisis.
The report also stated that South Africa's fresh water resources would be fully depleted by 2030 and unable to meet the needs of people, industry and its neighbours if people continued to exploit their water resources by following a "business as usual" approach.
Lloyd-Jones said: "This report highlights the critical need for food producers and manufacturers to realise the magnitude of the crisis, take responsibility and make concerted efforts to prevent water wastage often caused by pipe bursts, water leaks and unscheduled use of water."
He said other simple and cost-effective water-saving methods included having a water recycling system in place in which used water is drained through a filtration process to rid it of all solids and then put through a chemical intervention to make it suitable and fit to use back in plant facilities.
This water can then be used to wash drive ways, Lloyd-Jones said.
Call to save water
KEY players in South Africa's food industry have been urged to implement strict water saving measures to address the country's impending water deficit, which is threatening food security and production.
The appeal comes from Gareth Lloyd-Jones, managing director of Ecowize - the hygiene and sanitation company servicing the food sector.
In a report compiled by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) last year, it was said that there had been repeated warnings that South Africa faces a water supply crisis.
The report also stated that South Africa's fresh water resources would be fully depleted by 2030 and unable to meet the needs of people, industry and its neighbours if people continued to exploit their water resources by following a "business as usual" approach.
Lloyd-Jones said: "This report highlights the critical need for food producers and manufacturers to realise the magnitude of the crisis, take responsibility and make concerted efforts to prevent water wastage often caused by pipe bursts, water leaks and unscheduled use of water."
He said other simple and cost-effective water-saving methods included having a water recycling system in place in which used water is drained through a filtration process to rid it of all solids and then put through a chemical intervention to make it suitable and fit to use back in plant facilities.
This water can then be used to wash drive ways, Lloyd-Jones said.
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