Before the pilot programme, the school, with over 1 200 students, was consuming 47kL per weekday and 37kL per weekend day. Interventions included closing the main valve at night, replacing the plumbing of half the toilets, which were flushing continuously, and sharing data with learners to motivate them.

Since the interventions, consumption dropped 72% to 13kL per weekday and by 100% on weekends when the valve stayed closed.

Following this success, the Group intends expanding this programme to Cape Town's top 100 high-volume water-using schools in partnership with Bridgiot, a start-up company affiliated with Stellenbosch University, which designed and built the smart water meter locally.

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