Industry welcomes new water management tool

The uptake of a tool to assist the mining sector in implementing the principles of water conservation and water demand management (WC/WDM), has been “overwhelmingly positive”, Minerals Council South Africa head of environment Stephinah Mudau tells Mining Weekly. The WC/WDM self-assessment reporting tool (WSART), developed through an initiative led by the Minerals Council, is designed to be used by the mining industry to assess WC/WDM implementation at mine sites.