In the past few years we have been bombarded with reports of how bad our tap water quality is. By Dr Jo Burgess, research manager at the WRC This has opened up the market for the sale of home water treatment devices to consumers who often do not...
Too many people still lack a basic level of drinking water and sanitation, says Dr Maria Neira, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. A new report released by WHO and UNICEF...
The Egyptian government plans to use satellite technology for the development and monitoring of underground water and coastal regions endangered by climate change. However, this rests on the availability of expertise and adequate financial...
Morocco has launched a pilot project to recycle wastewater through a technology used in space stations and space shuttles. According to The North Africa Post, the technological process was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). The...
The World Bank says Africa is facing an ongoing, endemic water and sanitation crisis. Only 62% of Africans have access to safe water and only 60% have access to adequate sanitation, the lowest rates in the world. The lack of clean water and basic...
Companies are beginning to adopt Anglo American’s model for transforming wastewater from its mines into drinking water. The mining company was the first in South Africa to transform wastewater from its coal mines into water suitable for drinking,...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa launched the Nandoni Bulk Water Supply, another water delivery project in Limpopo. “It gives me great pleasure to announce that both NR6 and NR5 pipelines are 100% complete and water is...
The water sector is experiencing a critical scarce skills shortage, owing to an insufficient skills base and fierce competition in the labour market for skilled personnel, said the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) acting director- general Trevor...
Djibouti has received a US $11 million grant from the European Union (EU) to finance projects aimed at improving access to potable water. The East African country’s water crisis has been the result of extended droughts which have often led to water...
