The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has announced that the deployment of energy efficient technology has started paying off for the metro. Several programmes have been put in place and retrofitting or the addition of new technologies, has seen...
Nationwide water and sanitation hearings will start this week, the SA Human Rights Commission said on Tuesday. The meetings will be public and will start in Mpumalanga on Wednesday and continue in all provinces until November, the...
With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India’s Golden Desert to harvest water. These structures are still used today — and are often superior to modern water...
Incledon surpassed a number of larger competitors to obtain the highly respected award, which was issued at a special ceremony hosted at the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) conference, which took place in Cape Town on 9 May 2012. Grundfos...
Investment in South Africa’s water resources needs to double in the next 10 years if the country is to meet the growing demand, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa. “It’s going to require a lot of money but the...
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has released the results of a full-scale study showing a 65 percent reduction in energy consumption at a municipal wastewater...
The slow pace of economic growth along with government delays in awarding tenders continue to limit the recovery of the local infrastructure and construction sector. The downturn may have given some respite to the scarce skills shortage. However,...
Drought in some parts of the world has hurt global grain production and contributed to food price spikes virtually every other year since 2007, highlighting the need to transform the way water is used – and wasted – throughout the...
Cooperation on shared water resources is critical, especially in water-scarce regions where the upstream and downstream impacts of consumption and pollution are magnified. Shared river basin and aquifer systems continue to present opportunities for...
