The Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (AWSISA) acknowledges and welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s launch of Operation Vulindlela Phase II (OV2) as a timely and necessary intervention to reverse the tide of...
Nowhere is this more evident than in the water sector. Water is life, literally. How it is treated, distributed, and conserved impacts everything – our health, the environment, and even the economy. That is why getting compliance right in...
Kopano Ke Matla Joint Venture, responsible for building a 38-km tunnel connecting two dams in the Lesotho highlands, has had to suspend operations. Inspections revealed that the company’s wastewater treatment plants are non-compliant. Oily and...
The implementation of Regulation 3630, introduced by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in June 2023, underscores this priority by mandating that all South African water and wastewater treatment works be overseen by qualified and...