Residents of 7de Laan informal settlement in Strandfontein are the latest beneficiaries of a high-tech, off-grid sanitation solution. This pioneering initiative was made possible through a partnership between the City of Cape Town’s Water and...
The Water Research Commission (WRC), an entity of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), along with local and international partner research organisations, has since early 2000 commissioned several studies on the presence of contaminants of...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has noted media reports on a study undertaken by the University of North West and its findings of traces of anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines in water resources. As indicated in the media reports, the ARVs...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) urges all South Africans to roll up their sleeves and participate in cleaning polluted rivers as part of the 2025 Clear Rivers Campaign. The campaign, which is observed annually in July, is a nationwide...
