The City of Cape Town has advocated for a conservative relaxation of water restriction levels, which would pave the way for the associated relaxation of the restriction tariffs. Dam levels have again improved, rising to 62% of storage capacity,...
Poor water management and stressed ecosystems cause poverty and violent conflicts. To avoid a global water crisis, more nature-based solutions are urgently needed. These were key themes during the inauguration of World Water Week 2018, which has...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says the Northern Cape is not in any immediate danger of running out of water despite media reports that boreholes in the province have dried up. In a statement released recently the department said an...
The City of Cape Town last week started drilling to abstract groundwater from the Cape Flats aquifer as part of its ongoing efforts to mitigate the drought. Speaking at a site visit in Mitchells Plain last week, Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille...
