Water and energy ministers from across southern Africa gathered in Botswana this week to discuss solutions for the water and energy crisis. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Energy and Water Joint Ministerial Workshop was formed in...
Wastewater beats water, sludge beats wastewater, reuse beats desalination, industrial beats municipal, North America beats Europe, and India beats China in terms of market growth rates. This is according to a new report by Global Water Intelligence...
Work will soon get underway at the R14 billion Vaal Gamagara Water Supply Scheme in the Northern Cape. Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane is expected to launch the major water project which includes the refurbishment of the existing...
The Free State town of Parys is among the first in South Africa to introduce water shedding due to the effects of the on going drought. Residents are battling to come to terms with the restrictions. Source: SNN Reporter Source...
Construction of the bulk water supply from the Nandoni Scheme to the Giyani Water Works is set to resume following a legal battle between Lepelle Northern Water and Esor Construction. Honourable Justice Fabricius ruled in the High Court that the...
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department has apologised to customers after water with a poor taste and odour was delivered to residents along the Atlantic Seaboard last week. The Atlantic Seaboard receives its water from the Kloof...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called for municipalities to look for ways to secure alternative water resources. This comes as water restrictions are imposed on the Western Cape. “The current situation calls for mitigation...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has announced its intention to impose water restrictions in the Western Cape Province as dam levels across the country continue to decline week on week. The major dams supplying the Western Cape Water...
South Africa recorded its lowest ever recorded rainfall levels in 2015. The drought, caused by climate change, El Niño, poor watershed management and bad farming practices ahs impacted large parts of the country. Hack4Water demonstrates methods of...
