The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is spending about R140 million on the Greater Mthonjaneni Bulk Water Supply Scheme within the uThungulu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). The project seeks to increase current supply of water...
The Mier Municipality has received more than R630 million for the construction of the Kalahari East Water Scheme which will bring relief to the severely drought stricken area. The funding came from the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) of...
Treatment of mine water requires highly specialised services to ensure client expectations are met. Herman Smit, managing director of Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) talks to Water&Sanitation Africa about what it takes to get the job done...
Over 198 wastewater treatment plants in municipalities around the country have improved their waste water management skills by taking up lower risk positions during their assessment through the Green Drop system. The 2014 Green Drop Progress report...
Residents of Koukamma municipality in the Eastern Cape are battling with water shortages and are forced to buy drinking water. This is due to the local Jourbetina Dam that is almost dry and the ageing infrastructure that leaks water. The little...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has initiated an independent conditional assessment of some the Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) that discharge their final effluent into the Vaal River. The condition assessment audit was initiated as a...
The Mookgophong Municipality in Limpopo has denied that drinking water in the area is unsafe, after the Blue Drop Certification Programme report gave them a very low rating. Speaking to News24 spokesperson Naphthaly Tlhoaela said that drinking...
The Mayor of the Zululand District Municipality recently conducted a site handover for the construction of the new Usuthu Water Purification in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal. According to a report by the Vryheid Herald the plant, which is worth more than...
The Water Research Commission (WRC) of South Africa visited India last week to formalise a needs-based knowledge partnership for collaborative research, knowledge exchange, dissemination and capacity building, with the Centre for Science and...
