Environmental scientists are saying that sampling stools could be a faster and cheaper way to pinpoint where Covid-19 outbreaks are brewing, before scores of people become seriously ill. Anthony Turton, from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State, says samples are taken from the inlet to wastewater works where raw sewage is mixed. He says sampling can be done on feeder lines from different suburbs.
Deputy Ministers Sello Seitlholo and David Mahlobo marked a major step forward for service delivery, water security and co-operative governance in KwaZulu-Natal as they officially commissioned the Mpophomeni Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTWs) on...
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the constitutionally mandated representative of South Africa’s municipalities, has noted with deep concern the decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to grant...
For a hundred years the solution was always the same: lay more pipes, build a bigger wastewater plant, pray it all behaves. On drawings it looks fantastic. On the ground it leaks, breaks and dumps waste into rivers and oceans every single day. Most...