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BASED ON OUR INVESTIGATIONS INTO PREMATURE FAILURE OF UNDERGROUND SEWER AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE NETWORKS, WHICH MANIFESTS AS SEWAGE OVERFLOWING FROM BLOCKED MANHOLES OR FLOODED STREETS. WE HAVE INVENTED THE MANHOLE PROTECTOR GRID (MPG) WHICH CAN BE INSTALLED IN EXISTING OR NEW MANHOLES. THE MPG IS POSITIONED ABOVE THE PIPE AND PREVENTS SOLID UNWANTED OBJECTS FROM GETTING TO THE SEWER PIPES WHICH IS THE CAUSE OF UP TO 80% OF BLOCKAGES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. THE MPG IS MADE FROM INERT, NON-CORROSIVE AND DURABLE GLASS FIRBRE REINFORCED PLASTIC (GRP) MATERIALS WHICH CAN WITHSTAND THE IMPACT OF HEAVY LOADS. BY INSTALLING THE MPG, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WILL DERIVE POSITIVE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND MAINTENANCE BENEFITS FROM REDUCED INCIDENCES OF SEWAGE OVERFLOWS FROM BLOCKED MANHOLES. THE MPG HAS BEEN PATENTED IN SOUTH AFRICA & KENYA AND NEGOTIATIONS FOR SITES FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT SCALE ARE CLOSE TO CONCLUSION. FUNDING IS REQUIRED FOR THE PILOT SITES TO PROVE PRODUCT