The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is delighted to announce the appointment of two women into the key roles of president and vice-president of the organisation following the recent elections of new council and committee...
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa has been awarded a turnkey project valued at R19 million by the Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a new wastewater treatment plant...
It is widely accepted that while anaerobic digestion is a proven, highly effective treatment system, upsets in performance remain common. A correctly run digester will efficiently convert up to 95% of organic material into a low-odour stabilised...
The Blue Scorpions, the special government unit set up to protect our scarce water resources, is woefully understaffed and did not lay a single criminal charge against water thieves and polluters last year, according to a new report by the Centre...
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA*) credit of US$135 million that will provide about 245 792 Ugandans with access to potable water, and another 26 000 to improved sanitation...
The Addis Abeba City Administration proposed a 16 billion-Br preliminary budget for the 2012/13 Ethiopian fiscal year that prioritises water and sewerage services, commanding 13% of the spending plan. The preliminary budget, prepared by the...
Harvesting rainwater could be the sensible option for people who do not have the financial means to pay municipal water bills in urban areas, or those who simply want to conserve the finite resource. There has been a perception, albeit wrong, that...
Thirty two years after obtaining independence from Britain, Zimbabwe’s Local government Minister Ignatius Chombo, here has accused the former colonial masters of relegating rural communities during the pre-Independence (1980) era. Chombo on the...
More than half of all Ethiopians have access to an improved source of drinking water, but the country still has much work to do if it hopes to achieve its goal of providing access to safe water and sanitation for its 83 million people by 2015,...
Harmony Gold must continue paying for pumping and treating acid mine water in and around the Orkney gold mine, the High Court in Pretoria ruled on Monday. Judge Tati Makgoka dismissed an application by the Harmony Gold Mining Company for the court...
