Civil rights organisation AfriForum has launched its #CleanWater project for 2019, as part of the #AnchorTownRoadshow. AriForum pledged that its branches countrywide are being mobilised to test the quality of drinking water and sewage water in all...
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? The most common solutions to South Africa’s water challenges usually entail a massive...
Process efficiencies depend on precise technologies that require real-time monitoring and scheduled maintenance. For applications like desalination and wastewater reuse, maintenance and continuous plant condition monitoring are of utmost importance...
Membrane technologies like ultrafiltration can ensure exceptional final water quality and, with the right company, an improved operational experience. By Herman Smit, managing director of Quality Filtration Systems Most conventional water...
The growing issues of freshwater scarcity in many parts of the world are encouraging more wastewater reuse ideas, which all depend on effective filtration. The process of reusing water involves screening it to remove suspended solids,...
One of the most robust, versatile and widely used unit operations in the treatment of wastewater worldwide is dissolved air flotation. With a growing market for wastewater reuse, the demand for these systems is expected to rise accordingly. The...
Considering the millions of tonnes of plastic and other discarded material that go from the land into the sea every year, it’s no wonder that there is no place in the ocean that is free of it. “We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as...
Microplastics are a global environmental problem that travels through the food chain and ends up on our plates. Around a third of these tiny particles are caused by worn tyres when the debris is washed into sewers by rainwater. Because sewage...
The 2017 African Marine Waste Conference took place in Port Elizabeth recently, and was attended by about 200 delegates from nine African states and a further ten countries from other continents. Managed by the Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) under...
