Water, Sewage & Effluent January-February 2018 | Page 40

Contemplating a revolution in water management Looking ahead to a resolute 2018, Dhesigen Naidoo, CEO of the Water Research Commission, shares his views on what 2018 may hold. By Dhesigen Naidoo I , like most folk, look forward to ‘New Years’. For most, it offers a unique time in an otherwise busy schedule to pause and reflect. We all give ourselves the space to think in the Janus moment — the space to look back on the year before, on our trials, our tribulations, and triumphs. To take a tour in quick flashbacks of the highs and lows, before we 38 drift, reluctantly at first, into looking ahead. By New Year’s Eve, through the grand tradition of peer pressure, we have built a head of steam and are ready to declare our New Year’s resolutions to the brave changes we plan to make to improve our lives and the impact we have on the people around us. Water Sewage & Effluent January/February 2018 In many parts of the world, the argument has been strengthened by more frequent extreme weather events.