The International Water Association (IWA) has released a manual to assist services providers with achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. The Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Practitioners aims to help...
Safe and clean drinking water is a basic right to all South Africans, however there was a new threat going undetected until recently. Several medical and agricultural departments at the University of Pretoria have partnered with Rand Water to...
The City of Ekurhuleni is taking more serious measures to increase water savings as figures show an achieved savings rate of only 0.8%, significantly lower than the required 15%. The extremely low water savings achieved since the implementation of...
A strike which began last Wednesday by employees at Amatola Water was brought to an end when the Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane flew to the Eastern Cape to address their concerns on Saturday. The workers, who belong to the South...
“Water and sanitation problems have reached a boiling point globally,” President Jacob Zuma told a United Nations (UN) High Level Panel on Water (HLPW). Zuma was addressing 10 other sitting heads of state and government and one special adviser...
The International Water Association (IWA) has announced its Project Innovation Award Winners 2016 from Australia, China and South Africa. The International Water Association Project Innovation Awards are a prestigious global competition and the...
The Biomimicry Institute’s is conducting a pilot project for the ecological treatment of greywater in an informal settlement near Stellenbosch. More than 6000 people live in the settlement and water born diseases are rife. The ‘living gutter...
Sep 26, 2016
Registration for the WISA Mine Water Division’s forthcoming Annual Symposium is open, and this year’s theme is Management Options for Mine Water. Highlights The Serious Water Game will be played and demonstrated in the symposium. There will be free...
Areas of the North West province will soon be hit with water restrictions as the ongoing drought intensifies. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is currently in the process of publishing a gazette on water restrictions to limit the use of...
