3SMedia | Apr 24, 2020
“Safe drinking water is a prerequisite for protecting public health and all human activity. Properly treated waste water is vital for preventing disease and protecting the environment. The plastic pipe industry is therefore undoubtedly a critical...
Danielle Petterson | Mar 19, 2020
The by-product of wastewater treatment – sludge – is considered a problem for most utilities. However, partnership opportunities can be developed that allow private companies to turn that sludge into valuable fertiliser, saving municipalities time...
3SMedia | Mar 6, 2020
This week Stellenbosch officially opened a new Stellenbosch Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW). Mayor Gesie van Deventer was joined by members of the Executive Mayoral Committee, officials and citizens. The brand new facility is the single biggest...
Danielle Petterson | Jan 17, 2020
A report by Herman Smit* on the 34th Annual WateReuse Symposium in San Diego, California South Africa is in a water crisis and wastewater reuse, desalination and potable water quality are top of the agenda. Where will our future water be sourced?...
Danielle Petterson | Nov 22, 2019
While environmentalists rejoiced at the ban of hazardous liquid waste being disposed of at landfill, generators of liquid waste, waste management companies and landfill sites have had to find environmentally sustainable and cost-effective solutions...
Danielle Petterson | Sep 20, 2019
Growing populations and rapid urbanisation are increasingly adding pressure to the country’s already constrained wastewater treatment works. With residential developments encroaching ever closer on wastewater treatment works and water demand...
Danielle Petterson | Sep 19, 2019
Correct raw water quality information is imperative for the optimum functioning of reverse osmosis (RO) plants and has a direct bearing on its design and projected operating costs. In the case of one of Cape Town’s key installations, unexpected...
Danielle Petterson | Sep 18, 2019
From humble beginnings in the wine industry, Quality Filtration Systems has, over its 22-year existence, been involved in many industrial water applications – from food and beverage to mining – doing its part in the private sector to assist with...
Liesl Frankson | Mar 28, 2019
South African water and wastewater solutions provider, Talbot & Talbot and Thesele Group a 100% black-owned investment holding company, have recently concluded a substantial equity transaction. The deal, which has seen Thesele acquire a 35%...
