While the City of Cape Town is ramping up its water saving efforts there are still households using excessive amounts of water and according to Mayor Patricia de Lille this stubborn behaviour is pushing the city closer to day zero. The City on...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will not be able to provide emergency water support to municipalities until significant interventions are made on the recovery of debt. This is according to Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula...
The South African Water Caucus (SAWC) is expected to present a damning report on the state of affairs within the Department of Water and Sanitation to a Portfolio Committee this week. The report, which was released on Monday 27 November, exposes...
Meeting the current and future water storage needs of South Africa’s rural and urban communities is a top priority, as are future drought countermeasures. Mava Gwagwa, new business and key accounts director, SBS Tanks®, discusses the company’s...
Taps around the country could soon run dry if municipalities fail to settle their outstanding water debt. The Department of Water and Sanitation has revealed plans to issue water cut notices to the top 30 defaulting municipalities, who will likely...
Eskom has asked its employees and visitors to avoid coming to its Megawatt Park head offices on Thursday as a result of the mega water shortages, which have affected much of the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. The water shortages were caused by...
Residents living in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg are without water as Johannesburg Water takes on the largest repair job in its history. According to a statement released by Nico de Jager MMC Environment and Infrastructure Services...
A National Solar Water Heater Programme will soon be rolled out in the eThekwini Municipality according to the city’s Executive Committee. The programme, which is funded by the national Department of Energy, will see solar water geysers installed...
