Cape Town is under level 3B water restrictions as dam levels hit a low of 31.5% – amounting to 21.5% of usable water. However the city has finally achieved its goal water savings target of 800 million litres, which was set towards the end of 2016....
Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa has published the draft coastal waters discharge permit regulations for public comment. The draft regulations provide the much-needed guidance sought by operators around discharge into coastal waters....
A Restrictions Management Committee will soon be convened in the Western Cape to coordinate all water restrictions and drought related matters. This comes after Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane met with the Western Cape provincial...
President Jacob Zuma will launch the 17th edition of United Nations’ World Water Development Report in KwaZulu-Natal next week as part of World Water Day celebrations. In line with the UN’s 2017 World Water Day theme – Waste Water the untapped...
The market for green water technologies is expanding in South Africa due to rising water resource and utility costs, growing resource scarcity, and an increasing consumer demand for more sustainable products. This is according to the GreenCape’s...
The City of Cape Town recently released a list of the city’s highest water users. One of the highest water using streets revealed was Haywood Road in Crawford where one resident in particular received an exorbitant water bill of R119,000. The...
Water leaks are becoming a bigger cause for concern with municipalities desperately trying to conserve more water, while trying to decrease the amount of clean water that is being wasted through burst water pipes. Old water infrastructure has been...
Through an online portal, an organisation called Waterforeveryone has provided a platform for communities and organisations to develop innovative approaches to improve access to fresh and safe water, as well as share knowledge and raise global...
As some parts of South Africa begin to recuperate from severe drought conditions, the Western Cape and its agricultural sector remain hard hit. As a result of poor rainfall last winter, the Department of Water and Sanitation has decided to...
