The United States invests hundreds of millions of dollars in water sector activities around the world. Over 750 million people world-wide do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and 2.5 billion people still lack access to improved...
Buckman has joined forces with Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) in a move set to put the chemical company in an industry-leading position. Andre Maartens, sales manager for the Energy Division of Buckman Africa says: “As a chemical supplier we...
Almost a billion people live without clean drinking water. We call this the water crisis. It’s a crisis because it only starts with water — but water affects everything in life. Health. Education. Food security. And the lives of women...
Andre Haspels, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Neil Macleod, Head of eThekwini Water & Sanitation (EWS) officially launched the Centre of Expertise at the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) conference in Cape Town on the...
On 20April 2012, the Thebe Foundation – in association with the Bongi Ngema–Zuma Foundation – fulfilled a long-held promise to King Goodwill Zwelithini to provide a rural community on the Nkunzana River in northern KZN with safe drinking water....
We’re a thirsty species. Humans can’t survive without fresh, clean, drinking water, yet we sprang to life on a planet where 97.5% of water is useless to us. What’s left for us to drink is becoming more and more polluted by...
Whether you live in the United States or in Ethiopia, sanitation and proper hygiene is an issue that affects you, but in Ethiopia, the lack of convenient water sources can make the difference between life and death. According to the Centers for...
The content levels of dams serving Cape Town are showing a worrying downward trend and experts warn that residents should take water saving seriously. Forecasters say winter rainfall will be lower than normal or average this year. Peter Johnstone...
Water boards were owed debts by municipalities to the tune of about R1 billion a year, but the Water and Environmental Affairs Ministry does not believe that this is a train smash as the entities are paid about R8.8 billion a year, thus the loss of...
