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The real cost of metering

The decision to invest in good quality water meters that are specifically designed and optimised for South African water conditions can significantly reduce non-revenue water and enhance and maximise an authority’s revenue. According to Mark...

Research in aquatic science: Is it drying up?

As South Africa celebrates National Science Week from 29 July to 2 August 2013 a newly published Water Research Commission (WRC) study highlights the history and status of freshwater science in South Africa and documents the sector’s remarkable...

eThekwini CDM project 2 heats up

eThekwini registers solar water heater  and heat pump installation project as second Clean Development Mechanism project with UN The eThekwini Municipality has registered its second Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project with the United Nations....

Water Affairs moves to curb unlawful water use

The Department of Water Affairs is making good progress in efforts to eradicate unlawful irrigation in the Vaal River System by 2014, according to a statement released by the Department’s spokesperson Linda Page on 24 July 2013. “The focused effort...

Quoin merges operations with Aurecon

Aurecon has announced that Quoin Consulting Africa, a leading quantity surveying practice which provides quantity surveying, contract administration and management, project controls and procurement services to the mining, energy, process and heavy...
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No margin for error: DWA

Of South Africa’s usable water yield, 98 % has already been allocated, with water demand likely to grow by 1 to 2 % in the next decade, which means that there is no great margin for error when planning for the future, according to Acting Water...
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Makibinyane to steer CESA to new heights

“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine that a child of farm workers can become the president...

WasteWise ‘Good Citizens’ Flashmob

As part of the WasteWise programme of the City of Cape Town’s Solid Waste Department, a carefully orchestrated flashmob applauds unsuspecting good citizens who do the right thing at a food court by picking up an empty bottle and...