The OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape recently reached a payment agreement with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to settle its outstanding debt amounting R87 million. The department’s minister Nomvula Mokonyane met with...
There has been a slight decrease of 0.3% across South Africa’s 211 dams according to the Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS) weekly dam report. As of the end of last week, the national average was at 72.9% compared to 73.2% on 20 April. The...
Things are looking very promising for South Africa’s very first water fund. The City of Cape Town and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) recently formally agreed to establish the fund for the drought-stricken city in an attempt to safeguard water...
Water scarcity in Africa and parts of the Middle East is now being tracked through the use of satellite data. Information on the amount of water being used to irrigate crops is being tracked on an online database which makes use of satellite...
