Recent upgrade work to Umgeni Water’s Durban Heights Water Treatment Works is set to extend the longevity of the plant by 30 years. The project, which began in May 2013 and was valued at approximately R16.3 million, comprised the replacement of...
A Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has pinpointed the largely skewed history in relations to water rights in the country as the basis for most problems within the sector. The committee says it has long held the view of the...
An amount of R6 million has been set aside for the upgrading of Sedgefield’s Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) in Knysna in the Western Cape. The WWTW has been operating for a number of years and the plant has reached its nominal capacity of...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will launch the National Integrated Water Information System (NIWIS) project in the coming week. The NIWIS project was conceptualised to meet the objectives of serving as a single extensive, integrated,...
South Africa is fast approaching a water crisis of “distastrous” proportions‚ Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said on Sunday‚ adding that the country was the 30th driest in the world. Speaking during a visit to Illovo in Kwazulu-Natal as...
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government is considering desalination as part of its strategy to solve its water challenges. The idea to build a large-scale seawater desalination plant is the first of its kind as smaller plants already exist in South...
Residents of Kimberley and surrounding areas woke up to dry taps on Saturday morning due to the refurbishment of existing water infrastructure. The project currently underway in the Sol Plaatje Municipality, in the Northern Cape, will see the...
Residents of Hammanskraal and surrounding areas are facing a health crisis as fears that raw sewage sludge, from the malfunctioning Rooiwal water treatment plant, is making its way into the Apies River. The plant, which is north of Tshwane,...
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