Over the past few years, South Africa has been hit by a number of water shortages. With COVID-19 in the country, household usage of water has gone up because of the amount of times we have to wash our hands. Now consumers are able to monitor their water consumption in rands and cents using smart prepaid metres. These smart metres will also enable municipalities a host of new features to better manage water, just by having near real-time meter readings.
The Agricultural Research Council-Natural Resources & Engineering (ARC-NRE) is collaborating with the Department of Agriculture (DoA), the Department of Water & Sanitation (DWS), NB Systems, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) to...
The eight-month shutdown of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project tunnels was one of southern Africa’s most complex maintenance projects. Corrocoat SA’s corrosion protection expertise and experience ensured the tunnels were restored to secure...
Water security and dignity enhancement were given a boost with the launch of Phase 1 and 2 of the Leeu Gamka water and sanitation infrastructure upgrade in Newton park and Welgemoed North funded by the Department in conjunction with Prince Albert...