The South African Water Services’ (SAWS) seasonal outlook remains discouraging as predominant dryness and low prospects of rain is strongly indicated to last until January 2017. Dam levels have seen a general steady decline since April 2014 when...
Areas of the North West province will soon be hit with water restrictions as the ongoing drought intensifies. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is currently in the process of publishing a gazette on water restrictions to limit the use of...
Limits have been placed on the abstraction of water from the catchment areas of the dams supplying the Vaal River and Orange River systems. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has issued the necessary gazette to reduce such abstraction for...
Mpumalanga municipalities recently received training on the Blue and Green Drop Systems to ensuring effective and efficient water and sanitation service delivery to communities. The Blue and Green Drop certification programmes are innovative means...