Spurred by the recent drought in the Western Cape region the City of Cape Town and the South African Readymix Association (SARMA) have come together to find ways to effectively use effluent water to manufacture concrete and concrete products. Until...
Invasive alien plants are threatening up to a third of the water in major cities in the Western and Eastern Cape a new government report has revealed. According to the report by the South African Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), invasive alien...
A new study by Global Water Intelligence has revealed that rising wastewater operating costs have been a key driver of water tariff growth in 2018. Â The survey results, taken from data collected by GWI on water and wastewater tariffs across 512...
By Shannon Vermaak * Unless there is a drastic overhaul in water planning and conservation in South Africa, demand for this critical, but scarce, resource will surpass supply by 2020. One way to achieve sustainable water management is to understand...