Three South African researchers in the water sector – Dr Inga Jacobs, Craig Sheridan and Dr Heidi Snyman– were recently honoured for their contributions to the sector at the Excellence in Water Research Awards at the CSIR Knowledge Commons in...
Aquatic scientists and managers can now rely on a new locally-developed local biotelemetry system to understand animal behaviour in water. For the last four years the Water Research Commission (WRC) has been funding a series of studies which have...
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) was invited to participate in the Presidential Infrastructure Conference that took place last Friday. Infrastructure investment is a key priority of both the National Development Plan and the New Growth...
Click on the below link for the latest Weekly State of the Reservoirs report: https://infrastructurenews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/weekly1.pdf
An alarming 50% of the world’s wetlands have been destroyed in the last 100 years, threatening human welfare at a time of increasing water scarcity, a new report said on Tuesday. Wetlands serve as a source of drinking water and provide...
An earthquake that killed nine people in Spain in 2011 may have been triggered by decades of pumping water from a nearby natural underground reservoir, suggesting human activities played a role in moving Earth’s crust, scientists reported on...
The Mpumalanga Provincial Government coordinated by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has provided relief aid in the form of food parcels, bottled water, blankets, corrugated iron sheets, tarpaulins and tents...
Government will contribute R844 billion of the R1.3 trillion needed for the presidential infrastructure projects over the next three years, it was confirmed on Friday. Several infrastructure projects have been identified by the Presidential...
Raw sewage is becoming a health risk to communities in the Vaal River catchment area who use water for domestic and agricultural purposes on a daily basis, the Democratic Alliance in Mpumalanga said on Thursday. “The DA has on a number of...
As Eskom hopes to raise its tariffs in order to replace antiquated infrastructure, it has come to light the water infrastructure in South Africa is also in a dire state. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has reiterated the country is facing a...
