The Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) conference got underway yesterday under the theme “Water the ultimate constraint”. The five-day conference is centred on the promotion of professional excellence in the water sector said Dr Jo Burgess,...
The latest specification for polyethylene (PE) piping systems for irrigation applications is now SANS specification 8779. The revised specification has been promulgated as SANS 8779: 2016: Plastic Piping Systems – Polyethylene (PE) Pipes for...
“We are no longer throwing money at problems and are more focused on bringing on board our full capacity and support, using our water entities and boards, to intervene and to support municipalities. In turn, they must invest on building the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has expressed concern over the levels of sewer pollution in the country, mainly due to the poor state of South Africa’s waste water treatment works. The DWS reports that it has encountered high levels of...
