One of the areas north of Durban worst hit by the drought is likely to have a steady water supply all through the festive season, thanks to the use of recycled water. Sembcorp Siza Water, a municipal commissioned distributor of bulk water in the...
The Water Research Commission (WRC) is hosting the second in a series of Dialogues on the current drought in South Africa in Pretoria on 27 November 2015. Following on from the first Dialogue on 6 November, which focused on identifying research...
The recent intermittent rainfall in parts of the country has had little or no effect on the current drought that has engulfed most parts of South Africa. Instead, dam levels continue to drop alarmingly, causing more anxiety in their wake. This is...
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) says it has dispatched its technical and disaster management teams to the South Coast where the municipal tap water supply has been reported to contain salt. The...