When thinking of South Africa’s beaches one imagines pristine sand, igneous rock and stunning scenery. Apart from the bitterly cold waters of the Atlantic beaches in the Western and Northern Cape provinces our beaches are great places to swim as...
The eThekwini municipality can once again advertise, process and award tenders for the transportation or removal of waste water sludge after the lifting of an interdict preventing it from doing so. Last Thursday, the Pietermaritzburg High Court...
In 2008, 31% of Québec’s municipal wastewater sludge ended up in landfills. By 2020, Quebec wants to divert all residual materials from landfills in order to recycle, produce energy or dispose of the waste, in that order. To reach this goal,...
The quality and safety of water aren’t affected just by major industrial pollutants or illegal dumping. Something as harmless-sounding as stormwater — the stuff that flows through streets and drains after it rains or the snow melts — can...
