Now that the Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (AWSISA) conference is upon us, it’s an important moment to reflect upon our progress in establishing the additional catchment management agencies (CMAs). Last year,...
The City of Cape Town is calling on the public to comment on the proposal to implement and operate the city’s first permanent desalination plant in Paarden Eiland. Desalination is a scientific process of removing salts from seawater, and then...
Public water supply is the responsibility of utilities and government, but public water connected to a building is the building owner’s responsibility. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) water within buildings is assumed to be...
In the words of Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina, South Africa is a water-scarce country. We are facing many challenges in this sector and the question people ask is will we have water by 2030?” A frightening question, a sobering...
