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Water Research CommissionRef: https://www.wrc.org.za/programmes/technology-accelerator-programmes/wader/

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Collected on 16 September 2026

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What this means

This is the Water Research Commission’s webpage for WADER, the Water Technologies Demonstration Programme. It explains that DST and WRC established WADER as an innovation intermediary to support collaborative technology demonstrators and early adoption of promising water technologies. WADER runs open calls for water and sanitation technologies in emerging, pre-commercial or newly commercialised stages, and selected technologies are identified, evaluated and showcased to parties such as municipalities and industry.

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Open calls for water technologies

WADER runs a series of open calls for innovative water and sanitation technologies that are in the emerging, pre-commercial or newly commercialised stages of diffusion. Technologies submitted through these calls are identified, evaluated and showcased to interested parties such as municipalities and industry.

Who it is for
innovators and technology developers with water and sanitation technologies in emerging, pre-commercial or newly commercialised stages
How to act on it
Respond to one of WADER’s open calls for water technologies; submitted technologies are then identified, evaluated and showcased to interested parties like municipalities and industry.
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Through a series of open calls for water technologies – which are in the emerging, pre-commercial or newly commercialised stages of diffusion – innovative water and sanitation technologies will be identified, evaluated and showcased to interested parties like municipalities and industry.

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Places

City of Tshwane, Gauteng

Reference

https://www.wrc.org.za/programmes/technology-accelerator-programmes/wader/

Key Takeaways

  • WADER
  • Water Technologies Demonstration Programme
  • Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • Water Research Commission (WRC)
  • open calls for water technologies
  • technologies in emerging, pre-commercial or newly commercialised stages of diffusion
  • 1609 Michael Thackeray Street The Innovation Hub Persequor Tshwane 0020
  • +27 12 761 9300
  • Giyani Local Scale Climate Resilience Programme
  • Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • Water Research Commission (WRC)
  • Joren Digital