by André
I was invited by Mediamatic to give a presentation about the work that Odilia and Stefan did in 2014 with members of the agriculture cooperative “Força do Povo”, in the neighbourhood of Inhagóia B in Maputo. Odilia and Stefan investigated the health risk associated with irrigating crops with urine and that was the topic of their BSc thesis. Continue reading
by André
The Aquashare conference took place in Maputo in November of 2014 and I covered that before. It was a three day conference that brought together scientists, practitioners and legislators to discuss water and sanitation in Mozambique.
You can get now copies (in Portuguese) of all presentations here . In the near future you will also be able to grab a copy of the final report entitled “The water in 2025”.
by André
Valentina Zuin defended her PhD last year and someone took the opportunity to film her presentation. It is really worth watching if you want to better understand water supply in Maputo, especially in the peri-urban areas and in the informal settlements. In detail, Valentina studied the water resale market in the city and she shows that resellers do not behave as entrepreneurs and that they are not motivated principally by profits. According to Valentina, these people are typically selling water to i) obtain cash to meet daily subsistence needs, ii) as a form of social insurance and/or iii) to help neighbours.
For some reason I cannot embed the movie in this post but you can find it here.
by André
Check our updated list of publications with the final report of Justus and Thijs and a conference article that Luuk will be presenting at the 47th edition of IWWA in Kolkata.
by Lena
Drastically speaking, humanity has not yet found an answer to the question of how to safely manage human waste of cities that have grown without a fully covering sewer system. The rapid development of these cities’ population, largely dependent on onsite systems such as pit latrines and septic tanks, is increasing pressure on authorities, researchers, NGOs, companies and other stakeholders worldwide to find solutions for this unresolved issue. While urban faecal sludge management has largely been ignored during the last decades, the global community does now seem to have realised its urgent importance, hence more money is made available for research. As accessibility of resources is increasing ongoing research, work and data duplication are becoming a relevant issue. Efficient research and project management must therefore include finding ways to contribute to the current state of knowledge, rather than wasting time and money. This requires being flexible enough to constantly adapt the research during the ongoing project.
by Justus and Thijs
The final week has started for us. The report is being finished and the final presentation prepared. In the last weeks we have been busy collecting the last data and writing the report. We have done the volume analyses of the sewer system and we spent a day at the WWTP. Finally, last week we gave a presentation at the Dutch embassy about our findings. They were very interested and it was rewarding to share the information we obtained. Continue reading
by André
My second period of one month in Mozambique has just finished and I now take some time to write about the highlights of this second trip.
by André
This short film was produced by UEM and it discusses the ongoing reuse of poorly treated wastewater at the WWTP of Infulene in Maputo.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zESXENdC-Zc[/youtube]
We have been having some issues with embeding YouTube clips. If that is still the case you can find it here.
by Justus and Thijs
Bom dia,
In the last two weeks we gathered information and worked a lot on our report and in the meanwhile André arrived. We had meetings with CRA and with the municipality of Maputo.
by Justus and Thijs
Last weekend we had a two day trip to Inhaca, a beautiful island in Maputo Bay. We had time to rest, to snorkel and to enjoy the weather. It is bizarre that you can swim in schools of fish without scaring them away. Also the nature there was absolutely beautiful. Continue reading