The Draft Regulations on the Carbon Offset have been published for public comment and further consultation. This follows on the publication of the Carbon Offsets Paper in 2014 and the draft Carbon Tax Bill in November 2015. The carbon offset...
Wastewater beats water, sludge beats wastewater, reuse beats desalination, industrial beats municipal, North America beats Europe, and India beats China in terms of market growth rates. This is according to a new report by Global Water Intelligence...
Work will soon get underway at the R14 billion Vaal Gamagara Water Supply Scheme in the Northern Cape. Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane is expected to launch the major water project which includes the refurbishment of the existing...
The Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS) chief director of sanitation has been placed on special leave. According to the DWS, the department’s Director-General Margaret-Ann Diedricks has taken immediate steps to rectify a current misdemeanor...
The Free State town of Parys is among the first in South Africa to introduce water shedding due to the effects of the on going drought. Residents are battling to come to terms with the restrictions. Source: SNN Reporter Source...
Construction of the bulk water supply from the Nandoni Scheme to the Giyani Water Works is set to resume following a legal battle between Lepelle Northern Water and Esor Construction. Honourable Justice Fabricius ruled in the High Court that the...
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department has apologised to customers after water with a poor taste and odour was delivered to residents along the Atlantic Seaboard last week. The Atlantic Seaboard receives its water from the Kloof...
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) launched the new cycle of the Working for the Coast (Wftc) project during the World Oceans Day celebrations in Durban on 17 June. The new Working for the Coast project cycle will run for two years and...
R350 million has been allocated for infrastructure projects in the Voortrekker Road Corridor (VRC) in the 2016/17 financial year. This forms part of the City of Cape Town’s ongoing efforts to revitalise this substantial area. According to the...
