South Africa can address its ever-increasing ecological footprint by looking at its commodities holistically, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF SA) said on Tuesday. “We need a more integrated view of our landscapes,” Deon Nel, head of...
The water purification process being demonstrated at the City of San Diego’s Advanced Water Purification Facility uses the multi-barrier approach of consecutive treatment steps — Membrane Filtration, Reverse Osmosis & Ultraviolet...
Communities in Skierlik village near Swartruggens have called for urgent intervention from government to address the sanitation challenges in the area. “The government owes us service delivery. “We can’t use the bucket system...
Despite the fact that the Madibeng Municipality is facing criminal charges for discharging unpurified sewage into the Crocodile River, its water was found acceptable in the 2012 Blue Drop report.Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa announced the...
To meet the drinking water needs of people in Naxal-affected areas, the government is planning to set up 10,000 solar based water systems in 78 districts which have been hit by Left Wing Extremism. “We have just prepared a proposal for 10,000...
A deep-sea water bottling company has agreed to pay $2 million to the Hawaii Department of Health to settle a violation order. Hawaii health officials last year issued an order alleging Koyo USA Corp. adulterated its product with rejected water...
Clean water from four unaffected tanks – just below the 60-foot tower where a corpse was found in one of the nine tanks there last Saturday – was used by the Municipal Council to deliver to the 2,000 residents of Taman Sri Titingan,...
At the opening ceremony of the WISA2012 conference, the Director General of the Department of Water Affairs, Maxwell Sirenya provided a comprehensive insight into the department’s goals. Here is a brief introduction to the DG’s speech entitled...
The 6-year old Modder River Bridge is receiving required some cosmetic “surgery”. Engineering company Aurecon was responsible for the 637m2 operation and instantly specified Sika products to be used. The project commenced in January 2011 with...
