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Jay Bhagwan

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Jay Bhagwan

Jay Bhagwan is the executive manager of the Water Use, Wastewater Resources and Sanitation Futures Key Strategic Area at the Water Research Commission and leads the WRC/SALGA/NICD/SACCESS National Wastewater Based Surveillance programme of COV-2 virus.

Not only does it take six to nine litres to flush a toilet, nearly 60% of household water consumption is used to transport human waste away.
OPINION

Sanitation timebomb: Flushing is a luxury we can’t afford

New technology is urgently needed as the water crisis in urban areas is actually a sanitation-sewerage crisis

  • Jeniffer Molwantwa
  • Jay Bhagwan
4 min read
Only a collective response will ensure water security and the per person use to a below a 170-litre future
BEHAVIOURAL NUDGE

How behavioural ‘nudges’ can help people reduce water use, particularly in Johannesburg

Only a collective response will ensure water security and the per person use to a below a 170-litre future

  • Jay Bhagwan
5 min read
National reports show that only 14-16% of municipal water systems consistently provide water that is safe to drink. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
LEAKS

Fixing water leaks will help avert a national disaster

Only a collective response will avert the crisis that is, in part, caused by the loss of non-revenue water

  • Jay Bhagwan
5 min read
Wastewater Based Epidemiology Surveillance programme surveillance and needs to be escalated in the fight against this pandemic
COV 2 RNA

In the Covid storm our poop doesn’t tell lies

Wastewater Based Epidemiology Surveillance programme surveillance and needs to be escalated in the fight against this pandemic

  • Jay Bhagwan
8 min read