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Three learners from Limpopo, who won the South
African Youth Water Prize (SAYWP) competition, will be
jetting off to Stockholm, Sweden, to represent South
Africa at the annual World Water Week. The SAYWP
is one of the projects that the Department of Water and
Sanitation is implementing in its 2020 Vision for Water
Education Programme.
The project is aimed at educating Grade 9 to 11 learners
about efficient use of water and protection of water
resources.
During this yearˇ¦s SAYWP competition, held in Pretoria
on 2 June 2017, the 16-year-old learners, Mokgotho
Temogelo Thami, Mmola Desmond Kutullo and Nkwane Wayne
Luka, who are in Grade 11 at Lebeko Senior Secondary
School in Phalaborwa, produced a water-conservation
device that will help schools and communities to save
water.
The devise uses two aspects, a sensor and a timer. The
sensor senses a hand/s to turn the system on to
discharge water, and subsequently, the timer is set to
discharge water for a certain period/volume.
In addition, a soak-away material is added to the system
to absorb leaking water from the tap. The system also
recharges the groundwater and refills the water
table/tank underneath.
Most of the materials used to build this system were
donated, while other items were collected from rubbish
bins.
As part of celebrating the learnersˇ¦ achievement, the
Department of Water and Sanitation together with the
Limpopo Department of Education will on 25 July 2017
hold a farewell function at Protea Hotel, The Ranch in
Polokwane, as the learners will not only represent the
province of Limpopo in Sweden, but the entire country.
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