Danielle Petterson | Oct 26, 2020
Despite a slow start in May due to extended Covid-19 restrictions, underground tunneling works inside the two Polihali Diversion Tunnels, which form part of Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, is progressing well. Continued border...
3SMedia | Oct 16, 2020
The Department of Water and Sanitation calls on Gauteng residents to continue saving water despite some small dams in the province being in a stable state, according to this week’s state of reservoirs report issued published by the Department. The...
3SMedia | Sep 25, 2020
The Department of Water and Sanitation has announced that R50m had been allocated for drought intervention in Eastern Cape Municipalities. The announcement was made on Tuesday by acting director-general, Trevor Balzer, during a joint media briefing...
3SMedia | Sep 17, 2020
The Gauteng’s main source of water supply, the Vaal Dam has this week continued to decline and the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) appeals to water users to step up efforts to conserve the depleting water resource. Vaal Dam stood at 57.6%...
Sep 11, 2020
South Africa is facing increased pressure on conventional water sources in urban areas. Existing mitigation measures such as increased water abstraction rates, water transfer scheme supplementation and demand side management are no longer effective...
3SMedia | Sep 10, 2020
The Department of Water and Sanitation in KwaZulu-Natal has expressed concern over the continued decline of dam levels even after the sporadic rains in some of parts of the province in the past week. The Department’s spokesperson Sputnik Ratau said...
3SMedia | Sep 7, 2020
The water storage in many parts of the Western Cape has improved significantly following the recent heavy downpours, sometimes accompanied by storms and flooding in the province. This is a remarkable turnaround of the situation following the...
3SMedia | Aug 20, 2020
The Vaal Dam has this week progressed to even lower levels and it has become one of the fastest declining dams in the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS), week-on-week. For the past two consecutive weeks, the Vaal Dam remained at 41.6% but recorded...
3SMedia | Aug 17, 2020
Rising spring temperatures are causing the country’s dam levels to continue to drop week-on-week, and the trend is expected to continue until the first summer rains come down at the end of October this year. Since the beginning of August,...
