{"id":47482,"date":"2022-03-17T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T10:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/groundwater-critical-for-secure-future-20220316\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:18:59","slug":"groundwater-critical-for-secure-future-20220316","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/groundwater-critical-for-secure-future-20220316\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundwater critical for secure future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Groundwater has always been critically important to human society and ecosystems, but it hasn\u2019t been fully recognised. To help countries with high water security risks, groundwater should be at the heart of sustainable development policymaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is one of the key messages from UN Water as it and many other organisations globally will be marking on World Water Day March 22, 2022, and a message which South African National Bottled Water Association CEO, Charlotte Metcalf, strongly endorses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSouth Africa does have significant challenges when it comes to water. The country does have significant regions of high water stress, and is very vulnerable to water risks. In the driest parts of the country, groundwater may be the only water people have access to,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What we do on land matters underground<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur drinking water and sanitation, our food supply and natural environment \u2013 all these rely on groundwater. It is also critically important to the healthy functioning of ecosystems, such as wetlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn deltas and coastal areas, groundwater ensures the stability of the ground and prevents seawater intrusion under the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, human activities over-use and pollute groundwater in many places. In others, we don\u2019t know how much water is down there. Groundwater is out of sight, but it must not be out of mind. What we do on the surface matters underground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must actively avoid using products that can poison or degrade the quality of the soil and the water beneath it, and use groundwater as efficiently as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe other important consideration is that groundwater crosses borders. We therefore need to work together with our neighbours to improve the way we share transboundary groundwater resources, balancing the needs in a changing world,\u201d said Metcalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of the water bottled by South Africa\u2019s bottled water industry comes from underground water sources. In fact, bottled water (or more correctly \u2018packaged water\u2019) is categorised in South Africa as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Natural Water: <\/strong>This is water of certain composition, obtained directly from a natural or drilled underground source, bottled near the source under hygienic conditions. Approximately 70% of all bottled water in South Africa is natural water:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Water defined by origin (including mineral and spring water):<\/strong> This is water from a specific environmental source such as a spring without passing a community water system. Approximately 20%of all bottled water in South Africa is water defined by origin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mineral water:<\/strong> Bottled water obtained direct from subterranean water-bearing strata, which contains mineral salts in various proportions, characterised by its mineral content of constant composition and temperature, taking into account natural cycles and fluctuations. 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