Experts from the water sector are calling for increased investment in advanced water treatment technologies to assist with water security. While electricity is top of mind for South Africans at the moment, industry experts set to participate in the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is in consultation with a number of stakeholders and water entities around the country to ensure that their systems do not fail amid ongoing load shedding. Deputy Director-General for Special Projects,...
Mariswe’s stated aim is to engineer infrastructural solutions that build communities to improve people’s lives. Anew kid on the block?” you may ask. Not at all: rather a new name for a company that has matured and changed, and is no longer...
South Africa’s fast growing plastic pollution crisis requires a rational solution not an emotional one. This is the view of Anton Hanekom, Executive Director of Plastics SA. Speaking at the ProPak Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg recently...
While StatsSA’s 2016 General Household Survey estimated that 88.8% of South African households have access to piped water, less than half the population is believed to have water piped directly to their homes. Although most households in South...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling on citizens to see waste as resource and to start recycling more. According to the Department of Environmental Affairs South Africans generated approximately 54.2 million...
In line with a R187 million expansion project to improve the ageing infrastructure in Buffalo City Municipality, the Reeston Wastewater Treatment Works in East London has undergone an upgrade to increase its capacity to 12.5 Mℓ/day. As part of the...
The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of SA (Redisa) says it is committed to reviving its operations following the finding by the Supreme Court of Appeal that it was the subject of a campaign to ruin the programme. On 24 January 2019,...
South Africa is in a water crisis and wastewater reuse, desalination and potable water quality are top of the agenda. Where will our future water be sourced? The most common solutions to South Africa’s water challenges usually entail a massive...
