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CuveWaters at the Namibia Water Investment Conference
CuveWaters will be present at the Namibia Water Investment Conference in Windhoek from 12th–14th September 2013 at the Safari Court Hotel. Come and visit our stand (booth no. 10) and learn more about our projects: Rainwater Harvesting, Subsurface Waters Storage, Groundwater Desalination and Sanitation/Water Re-use. Factsheets, presentations, brochures, nice give-aways and models of our desalination plants await you at our stand. Furthermore, Marian Brenda from the Technical University of Darmstadt will give a presentation on Thursday 13th September at 3 pm on "Small-scale...[more]
Innovative technologies for Africa’s dry regions
In Namibia, the CuveWaters project has taken a quantum leap in innovation: In a region ruled in equal parts by floods and droughts, natural water resources can now be used year round. Drinking and irrigation water is being won with the help of different pilot plants. The joint research project coordinated by ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research – will present the results of its work at the Water Investment Conference in Windhoek/Namibia.[more]
Release of the Digital Atlas
We are happy to announce the release of the first version of the Interactive Digital Atlas of the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin. CDs with the atlas will be available at the booth of the CuveWaters project during the Water Investor Conference which takes place at 12–14 September 2012 in Windhoek. Furthermore, an online version will be soon available at www.cuvewaters.net or www.the-eis.com.
This digital multimedia atlas informs about the basin with the help of maps and other easy-to-understand information, such as descriptive texts, pictures and other data. Among other things, the...[more]
Download our new factsheets
The three new CuveWaters factsheets provide background information on the pilot projects: Rainwater Harvesting, Subsurface Water Storage and Sanitation and Water Re-use. They place a special focus on the first research results, that include technical facts, cost estimates and benefits for the population. Scientists, decision-makers in politics and business as well as the interested public can collect these fact sheets during the Water Investment Conference in Windhoek from 12–14 September 2012 at the CuveWaters stand or download them directly here.
Factsheet on Rainwater Harvesting in...[more]
Application for CuveWaters Phase III
The German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) encouraged CuveWaters to submit an application for further funding. Phase II of CuveWaters will run until June 2013; the implementation of the pilot plants will be completed then. Phase III is expected to start mid of 2013 until 2015. In cooperation with the Namibian partners, CuveWaters intends to duplicate the four CuveWaters technologies: Rainwater Harvesting, Subsurface Water Storage, Groundwater Desalination and Sanitation and Water Re-use. While the focus of Phase I and II was mainly on central-northern Namibia, CuveWaters plans to go...[more]