{"id":285002,"date":"2023-10-25T13:59:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285002"},"modified":"2023-10-25T13:59:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:59:24","slug":"clean-water-for-africa-a-dream-whose-time-has-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=285002","title":{"rendered":"Clean Water for Africa: A dream whose time has come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"611\" data-attachment-id=\"285006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=285006\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135339.png?fit=1098%2C927&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1098,927\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135339\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135339.png?fit=723%2C611&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135339.png?resize=723%2C611&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135339.png?resize=1024%2C865&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135339.png?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135339.png?resize=768%2C648&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135339.png?w=1098&amp;ssl=1 1098w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Africa has abundant water. In many places rainfall levels are high, and the continent is home to giant river systems including the Nile, Congo, Zambezi and Volta. Dams and lakes are plentiful. The challenge lies in getting water to where it is needed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"598\" data-attachment-id=\"285008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=285008\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135530.png?fit=1102%2C911&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1102,911\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135530\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135530.png?fit=723%2C598&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135530.png?resize=723%2C598&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-285008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135530.png?resize=1024%2C847&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135530.png?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135530.png?resize=768%2C635&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Screenshot-2023-10-25-135530.png?w=1102&amp;ssl=1 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netzerowatch.com\/\">Net Zero Watch<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geoff Hill is a Zimbabwean writer working across Africa. In this paper, he explains why reliable energy for Africa is the only way to address the continent\u2019s chronic lack of clean water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To give Africans a better quality of life, we need to do more than blame the climate. There are solutions, and most of them involve electricity. That\u2019s the key to granting everyone the basic human right of clean water.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hill-clean-water-for-Africa-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Hill-clean-water-for-Africa-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a9367494-18ca-4e2b-8bba-b72ecfcc69c8\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hill-clean-water-for-Africa-1.pdf\">Hill-clean-water-for-Africa-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hill-clean-water-for-Africa-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a9367494-18ca-4e2b-8bba-b72ecfcc69c8\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa has abundant water. In many places rainfall levels are high, and the continent is home to giant river systems including the Nile, Congo, Zambezi and Volta. Dams and lakes are plentiful. The challenge lies in getting water to where it is needed. From Net Zero Watch Geoff Hill is a Zimbabwean writer working across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":285006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Africa has abundant water. 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