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Getting resourceful with natural water sources

Citizen scientists trained through a University of the Western Cape project are helping to train school children to monitor their environment.

Data collected on river water quality is shared with an international programme. Plans are for the project to expand to other provinces.

More than 200 schoolchildren in Limpopo have been trained to capture precious data about water quality from boreholes and rivers near their schools in a project linked to the United Nations and run by the University of the Western Cape (UWC)..

For two days

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