We never envisaged that the time would come so soon when we had to seriously consider water reuse as an important component of our future water security.  Indirect water reuse has been the global strategy for many decades and has served us well in managing the security of our water supplies.  However, the emerging consequences of climate related impacts and the frequency of these, together with the high rate of urbanisation in many of the large cities in the world is forcing the boundaries of recognising water reuse as not an option but part of the broader water security mix, for achieving current and future water security in many places in the world.

We welcome you to the warm African sunshine and the wonderful City of Cape Town, to an event which will be memorable.  It is now the time to remove the barriers and harness the opportunities.  Our future depends on reuse of water.