In an attempt to provide millions with safe drinking water, Unilever is busy with its biggest acquisition in China for more than a decade. The global corporation is doubling the size of its water purification business in an effort to bring safe...
Regulatory and other measures have been put in place to address the serious environmental consequences of acid mine drainage. To complement current efforts and ensure that the mining sector makes its fair contribution towards continuing acid mine...
The first phase of the Mokolo and Crocodile Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP), which will provide water to the Medupi power station, is behind schedule. There have been delays on both the pipeline and the pump-station components of the project...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa recently presided over the handing over of 73 Rand Water Academy (RWA) graduates who completed their 18-months vocational training in the fields of science, engineering and technical. The...
Sapwood is a promising low-cost and efficient material for water filtration that could be used to provide filtered water in rural communities. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have found that a small piece of sapwood from...
The Ethiopian government is planning to tap into its largely unexploited groundwater resources to sustain its population of over 90 million. Ethiopia has groundwater storage of 12,700 km³. This is recharged by 36 billion m³ per year thanks to...
Research has shown that harvested rainwater in South Africa potentially poses a health hazard, especially for children and immuno compromised individuals. Government has invested in installing more than 23 000 rainwater tanks to collect and store...
Water crises is the third highest global risk of concern in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2014 report. According to the report, this illustrates a continued and growing awareness of the global water crisis as a result of mismanagement and...
Sappi wants to cuts its water usage and in its Southern African supply chain. The company is aiming to cuts its water usage by 10% by 2015, against a base year of 2007. The company has reduced its water use by 4% globally between 2009 and 2013....
