Cape Town has been recognised as the number one water saving city in the world. This after it was able to stave off Day Zero after years of very low rainfall and bone-dry dams but how does Cape Town manage to save water?
Over the past three decades, bio-trickling odour control has become a proven, reliable solution at wastewater plants. However, despite the technology’s proven track record, there are still many misconceptions or misnomers about bio-trickling...
Families in the Lansdown Road informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, have had raw sewage flowing through their shacks since Saturday. GroundUp visited the settlement, near Somerset Taxi Rank, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Sewage was...
The Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs & Development Planning (DEA&DP) has published the 2025 regional water market intelligence report (MIR) identifying key developments in the water sector. “The key findings from the MIR’s...