Innovative environmental engineering is being put to work at Port Elizabeth’s North End Lake to ensure long-lasting beautification and water quality that works for everyone. Enviro-friendly microbiological sanitisers, as well as reed and gabion...
Access to clean water is a basic human right, and while Government strives to provide access for all, the reality is that South Africa (SA) is currently facing a potential water crisis. By Eckart Zollner, Business Development Manager, The Jasco...
The Department of Water and Sanitation is on a drive to shake up the water sector by changing the role of women in relation to water. “We want to shake the water and sanitation sector to say that women are not just those that must go and collect...
Two eThekwini Municipal employees who were injured in an accident last week Friday, 28 August 2015, are still in a critical condition in hospital. The third team member tragically died over the weekend. The eThekwini Water team were carrying out...
Delegates at the World Water Week conference in Stockholm, Sweden, have resolved that water challenges must be prioritised at the next climate change conference to be held in France later this year. Ministers, water activists and various other...
Work on the latest editions of the Blue and Green Drop Reports has been completed and is expected to be released by end of September 2015. “The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane is currently considering the reports with the view...
A leading water solutions provider is set to celebrate the opening of a new branch in Port Elizabeth. The opening of the new facility is a direct response to extend the service offering to a growing customer-base in the Eastern Cape. “We have been...
Rand Water and its employee-affiliated trade unions have successfully concluded the 2015/16 wage negotiation process, it said on Monday. “The negotiation process was robust and dynamic; however the process was concluded in good faith. Throughout...
In a context where the uneven distribution of water resources and rainfall pattern variability are worsened by the impacts of climate change, and where unprecedented population growth is leading to a sharp rise in water demand, increasing water...
