Cape Town Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille on Thursday announced the city’s Water Resilience Plan. A procurement plan is already underway for a number of augmentation schemes, including desalination, water reuse and groundwater extraction. “Over...
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille will announce the details of the city’s Water Resilience Plan on 17 August. Dam storage levels are currently at 31.1%, with useable water at approximately 21.1%. Collective consumption for the past week was 610...
Zimbabwe and South Africa have reportedly entered negotiations over the possibility of Zimbabwe supplying water to South Africa. Zimbabwean Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko last week announced that the deal being negotiated through the Bi-National...
Stellenbosch University is working to significantly reduce the water footprint of the campus as the drought continues in the Western Cape. Experts from the university have been working closely with JG Afrika, a leading firm of consulting engineers...
By Virginia Molose, Researcher at the Water Research Commission The Water for Growth and Development Framework, (WfGD, 2009) recognises women as strategic users of water because of their intrinsic knowledge on location, reliability and quality of...
By Konstant Bruinette and Tian Claassens A holistic approach in the analysis of and turnaround strategies for municipal water supply systems – the perspectives of a financier. Download the full paper here: Managing the water...
By John Alexander, Krohne A simple change can bring about significant r eduction in non-revenue water. With changes in metering technology, the focus has shifted to monitoring and management systems; however, it seems the heart of the management...
Water&Sanitation Africa magazine interviews Zanele Precious Sifundza, Young Water Professionals South Africa (YWP-ZA) Mpumalanga branch chairperson and water care technician at the National Department of Public Works. YWP-ZA is a division of...
Water&Sanitation Africa magazine interviews Suvritha Ramphal, vice-chairperson of the Young Water Professionals South Africa (YWP-ZA) – a division of the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA): 1. What are your current professional...
