Allegations of corruption have emerged, linked to the distribution of water in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape. Residents are accusing municipal officials of selling them water during the water scarce seasons. Butterworth has been hard hit by...
Environmentalists, governments, businesses and individuals attending the Volvo Ocean Race Hong Kong Ocean Summit were urged to come together and find ways to ban single-use plastics to halt their impact on the health of the planet’s oceans and...
The City of Johannesburg has issued an urgent call to its residents to remain mindful of their water usage as it says level 1 water restrictions are still in place. According to Nico de Jager, MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services, water...
Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille, has written to the Presidency asking that a national disaster is declared. This as dam levels in the province start dropping to below 30 percent and Day Zero looms large. Zille says the response comes after the...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says its tap water is safe to drink following claims that its municipal water supply was one of the causes of the outbreak of the Listeriosis disease in the municipality. The municipality says that its drinking...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says the water in the Theewaterskloof Dam in the Western Cape is not being wasted and it is concerned about the misinformation being peddled on social media. The Department was responding to recent social...
The City of Cape Town has launched a water map with the aim of creating a renewed sense of consciousness around water consumption in the drought plagued city. The map forms part of the municipality’s water saving efforts and was established to help...
Johannesburg Water has confirmed that an earthy compound called geosmin has been detected in the drinking water supplied to residents of the City of Johannesburg however the substance is not harmful to human health. In a statement released on...
The City of Cape Town is expediting the roll-out of water pressure management technology as part of its drought relief measures. The municipality has identified 25 areas across the city that could benefit from this technology over the next three...
