The Gamtoos Irrigation Board is working overtime to keep sewage and alien vegetation at bay in the Swartkops River system. According to area manager Andrew Knipe, the battle for the Swartkops has been raging for a few years, and steady progress is...
The KwaZulu Natal government has stepped in to resolve a stand-off between disgruntled workers and the Ugu District Municipality according to media reports. IOL reported on Sunday that an agreement had been reached between the municipality and its...
Water infrastructure will take centre stage this month as South Africa hosts a summit to profile investment opportunities into the sector. Hosted by the Department of Water and Sanitation, in partnership with the Water Research Commission, the...
The City of Cape Town recently embarked on an initiative to refurbish boreholes around the West Coast in an effort to increase the volume of the Atlantis Aquifer. The project forms part of the Municipality’s Water Resilience Plan which aims to...
Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett has earned a spot on this year’s Water A-List for its sustainable water management practices. The Water A List, put together by non-profit global environmental platform CDP, comprises 73 global companies, and is...
City of Cape Town executive mayor, Patricia de Lille recently visited the site of one of the city’s latest modular land-based desalination plants being built to combat the current water crisis. The temporary desalination plant is being constructed...
The Water Institute of South Africa (WISA) is calling on water professionals to blow the whistle on corrupt activities that are hindering the timely implementation of a responsible solution to the Western Cape water crisis. According to the...
Water and wastewater tariffs around the world have gone up by 3.91% on average across 385 cities between July 2016 and July 2017 according to the Global Water Intelligence’s 2017 Global Water Tariff Survey. This average equates to more than two...
The Department of Water and Sanitation is cracking down on the unlawful use of water through sand mining in KwaZulu-Natal. Private companies and individuals have been identified as the main culprits. A stakeholder engagement discussing the...
