Delivering her State of the Province Address, North West Premier Thandi Modise said significant progress has been made in increasing the number of households with access to clean running water, sanitation facilities and electricity. Modise said the...
Water Purification Chemicals & Plant – WPCP – multidisciplinary water treatment specialists, manufactures a range of pressure filters, designed for the removal of suspended solids and other impurities from water and wastewater in industrial and...
United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson is leading a call to action on sanitation. Speaking at the General Assembly thematic debate on “Water, Sanitation and Sustainable Energy in the Post-2015 Development Agenda” in New York,...
The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) has warned AfriFourm that its water testing initiative carries the possibility of a legal challenge and the potential to mislead the public about the true nature of water services regulation and performance...
Escalating unrest in communities over infrastructure issues such as the lack of water, sanitation, housing and roads is a serious indication of what people expect from government and those responsible for service delivery. Research conducted by the...
Only a flexible systematic, long-term process, driven within a multi-stakeholder-agreed framework, can turn around groundwater’s poor governance and utilisation. This is according to a new report by the South African Water Research Commission....
Ghana’s Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has endorsed the Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) proposals to pilot a prepaid water metering system. GWCL believes implementing the system will cut wastage in its operations.“PURC is not...
An increasing number of mining companies are using reused water from residential or industrial areas. In addition, some mines are carrying out more on-site water recycling. Some mining companies are now also providing water indirectly to other...
Sobering facts make a case for wind and solar power An American report, The Hidden Costs of Electricity: Comparing the Hidden Costs of Power Generation Fuels, analyses six fuels used to generate electricity ie biomass, coal, nuclear, natural gas,...
