AllAfrica News: Water and Sanitation

[Botswana Daily News] Antalya -- Botswana is exploring floating solar panels on dams and other water-saving technologies to tackle growing water shortages worsened by climate change.

[SAnews.gov.za] The City of Cape Town has urged residents, businesses and visitors to use water sparingly as it prepares for a summer that is expected to be longer, hotter, and drier than usual.

[Liberian Observer] Residents of Slipway Community in Monrovia continue to struggle for access to safe drinking water after years of relying on commercially packaged sachet water and untreated wells, while funding limitations and reported land disputes complicate efforts to establish a sustainable water supply.

[Ghanaian Times] KOFORIDUA -- Thousands of residents of Kyebi and surrounding communities have been forced to rely on alternative sources of water following the shutdown of the Kyebi Water Treatment Plant by the Ghana Water Limited (GWL) more than a year ago.

[Nile Post] When Uganda's lakes began changing, when their waters turned green with excessive algal growth, when fish habitats deteriorated and scientists worried about declining oxygen levels beneath the surface, there was a particular group of people the country depended on to explain what was happening.