Families in the Lansdown Road informal settlement in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, have had raw sewage flowing through their shacks since Saturday. GroundUp visited the settlement, near Somerset Taxi Rank, on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Sewage was...
Every day, we release clues about our health through our toilets, sinks, showers and tubs into the wastewater system. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred the rapid rise of wastewater testing, which helped health officials across the United States spot...
South Africa is experiencing a rise in wastewater issues across the country. Both the national and local governments need technical and practical solutions to help solve these ongoing challenges. In an effort to assist, KSB Pumps and Valves have...
River pollution represents a public health crisis. The polluted water is not only an immediate harm to informal settlements that rely on it, but also a threat to natural ecosystems, and the water infrastructure that was not designed to handle the...
