Weekly State of Reservoirs report as on 29th October 2012
Click on the below link for the latest Weekly State of the Reservoirs report: https://infrastructurenews.co.za/3s-composition/uploads/2012/10/weekly2.pdf
Water sources
Durban turns to desalination for drinking water
Durban is set to become the first city in the country to begin desalinating seawater for drinking-quality tap water – but residents will probably also have to swallow purified sewage water because of a serious water supply shortage over the next...
Government’s plans to plug SA’s water leaks
Government is pinning hope on its ability to plug leaking pipes, reduce pollution and “stretch” resources to stave off a looming fresh water crisis. “We don’t want development to be held back by a lack of water, or lack of access to water,”...
Malawi: livelihoods drying up on Lake Chilwa
Fisherfolk and farmers living near Malawi’s second-largest water body, Lake Chilwa, are relocating en masse and scrambling for space around its shores as the lake has dried to dangerously low levels. Professor Sosten Chiotha, an expert with...
