Dr Naoko Ishii yesterday assumed office as CEO and chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the world’s largest public funder of environmental projects. The GEF’s council in June unanimously selected Dr Ishii, deputy vice...
The world needs clean water, and more and more, we’re pulling it from the oceans, desalinating it and drinking it. But what to do with the salty brine left behind? Research engineer Damian Palin proposes an idea: Mine it for other minerals we...
Concor Civils, a Murray & Roberts Construction company, has begun earthworks on a contract awarded in May this year by Johannesburg Water to construct a new 20ML water reservoir and a 1.2ML water tower in Lanseria. The contract includes minor...
Due to the ongoing concern over future water scarcity in urban areas, Vela VKE (Part of the SMEC Group) was recently commissioned to assist a number of South African municipalities in implementing effective water demand management strategies, in...
The finals of Aqualibrium, the exciting SAICE-WRC Schools Water Schools Competition 2012 were held at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg, on 27 July 2012. This worthwhile competition never fails to excite the teams, spectators...
The international charity organisation, Water Aid, has opened its regional office in South Africa in an effort to improve access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in some of the world’s neediest communities. Officially opened on Wednesday...
The Human Settlement Department has revealed that the North West government has failed to spend R57 million earmarked for sanitation, despite a dire shortage of toilets in that province. Addressing the portfolio committee on human settlements...
Harmony Gold, the world’s fifth-largest gold producer, is to appeal against a North Gauteng High Court ruling that it continue paying for pumping water from a West Rand mine it sold in 2008, CEO Graham Briggs told Business Day last Friday. An...
As competition for clean water grows, some of the world’s biggest companies have joined forces to create unprecedented maps of the precious resource. The Aqueduct Alliance, which allows users to create maps by combining hydrological data with...
