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AQUACULTURE

Early warning system on Lake Victoria proves AI’s potential to prevent fish kills

Fish farmers at Dunga Beach, Kenya, faced constant dread from sudden mass fish deaths in Lake Victoria. Now, an AI-powered underwater monitoring system provides early warnings,…

  • Davis J Weddi
8 min read
Sea change: A screenshot of an ocean-colour map, developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, on the Fisheries and Aquaculture Decision Support Tool, which uses satellite data to help farmers predict the scale and movement of harmful algal blooms. Photos: Supplied
ABAGOLD

How satellites help safeguard abalone farmers from algal blooms

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has developed satellite ocean colour maps to warn of red tides

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
The Blue, Green and No Drop certification programmes are the department’s regulatory mechanisms to improve municipal drinking water quality, wastewater management, water conservation and demand management.
DRINKING WATER SAFETY

Delays in producing water Drop reports spark outrage

Water and sanitation department is under fire from water experts for contract process that has held up the production of the water quality reports

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read