The water treatment process
A basic overview of the water treatment process.
Articles
Energy efficient water treatment plant for desert mine
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa (Veolia) was recently contracted by a global engineering, procurement and construction management company to design, fabricate and supply a brackish water treatment plant for the second phase...
Project targets hygiene and water sanitation in schools
A new set of guidelines for sanitation and hygiene in schools aimed at significantly reducing water-related diseases among students was launched at the Education Ministry in Beirut last Thursday. The guide, Water Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools:...
Trenchless Asia 2012 – the highlights
The sixth Trenchless Asia 2012 exhibition and conference took place in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, 2-4 July and for the first time was co-located with Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), World Cities Summit and...
Local authorities owed R1bn for unpaid water
Water utilities are losing billions of rand through lost and stolen water in SA, while poor sanitation in Africa is leading to the deaths of millions of children through water-borne diseases. This emerged from the four-day African Water Association...
Mobile phones to improve rural Africa water supply
A scientific team from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom is hoping to turn the tide of disruption to fresh water supply in rural areas across Africa. The academics are looking to replace traditional water pumps at water stations with...
Huge underground water source discovered in Namibia
A vast underground water source has been discovered in northern Namibia that could provide a secure and sustainable water supply to about 40% of the population for 400 years. This discovery is the result of a joint project between the Ministry of...
Water scare for the HIV-infected in SA’s rural areas
According to a new report, South Africans with HIV living in informal settlements and rural areas lack clean, safe water, which is placing them at serious risk of contracting potentially lethal waterborne diseases. “They are particularly vulnerable...
Khayelitsha: protest over lack of toilets
Blue plastic port-a-loos were overturned and set alight on Lansdowne Road in Khayelitsha earlier this week by residents of SST informal settlement who were protesting over unacceptable living conditions. The group of about 100 protesters spilled...
Big blue crane coming down
How not to use a crane when you haven’t talking the wind load on the lifted section into account.
