The Water Research Commission (WRC) has led the South African initiative towards developing web-based epidemiology (WBE) platform that reports on the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in collected samples of wastewater. Launched together with the...
South Africa’s protracted schools sanitation crisis, which comes with an estimated R10-billion price tag to eradicate pit latrines, has prompted a call to action to corporates, non-government organisations and ordinary citizens to help restore the...
The Water Research Commission is monitoring wastewater for #COVID19 infections in communities. The first of the three-phase programme was successfully completed in September. Launched in May by the Water Research Commission (WRC), the special...
This Global Handwashing Day (GHD), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will on 15 October 2020 join the rest of the world in the commemoration under the theme “Hand Hygiene for All”. This is to remind the public of the importance of...
