The South African Water Meter Manufacturers’ Association (WMMA) has cautioned municipalities and water utilities about the ‘questionable quality and sub-standard performance’ of some water meters reportedly being introduced to the local market....
Water resource management on an urban planet Water is a prerequisite for human and ecosystem health, as well as for the success of a wide range of industrial and agricultural enterprises. Water security through responsible resource management is an...
Esorfranki is on track to significantly exceed its pipejacking targets for 2011. Water&Sanitation Africa took the opportunity to find out about some of the company’s pipejacking projects. The company has recently completed a R19 million...
A solicited research project, initiated and funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and led by Dr Nicola Rodda of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, clarifies the benefits as well as the risks associated with the use of greywater. The potential...
Panama City’s 238000 m3/dWWTP, commissioned by the Panama Ministry of Health, is the first in the country. This article provides an overview of the project execution,which is expected to be undertaken over a three-year period. The Panama wastewater...
BIGEN AFRICA has enhanced its vision, mission and value proposition to reflect its thought leadership in providing innovative, sustainable infrastructure development solutions in Africa and abroad over an entire project’s lifecycle....
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Emfuleni Water Conservation Project has recently been signed bythe Emfuleni Municipality and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German, British and...
African Sanitation Outsourcing, a BBBEE Cape Town-based company, is the principle distributor of the Afrisan Solar Powered Urine Diversion toilet, the S.P.U.D., in South Africa. The S.P.U.D was developed over a period of six years, during which...
Corruption robs the poor of their dignity, Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale stated at the recent launch of Klarinet Integrated Housing Project. The R3,5 billion mixed housing project will produce 12 000 houses over the medium to long...
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is in the process of establishing a Nile Basin Decision Support System (NB-DSS) to support water resources planning and investment decisions in the Nile Basin. Funded by a World Bank-managed multi-donor Trust Fund,...
