Much has been written about the unacceptably high non-revenue water losses suffered by most municipalities and it is common knowledge that there are few water supply authorities that can claim a water loss of less than 30% of their purified water...
At the beginning of 2012 construction commenced on Phase 2B of the Augmentation of Pretoria’s Moreleta outfall sewer network. The City of Tshwane contracted Aurecon, a global engineering company, to design and plan this substantial project. ...
2014 will be a big year for water infrastructure in Durban with construction of the second phase of the Western Aqueduct gathering momentum and the beginning of the first contract of the urgently Northern Aqueduct likely to begin. Neil Macleod,...
During the Water Research Commission (WRC) Symposium Gala Dinner held at the CSIR on 26 September 2013, Dr Nico Benadé was awarded for the development of training material for implementation of the Water Administration System (WAS), an integrated...
Thought the water sector was all about biology and engineering? Think again. The new updated Water Research Commission’s (WRC’s) new Water@Work Career Guide lists detailed information on no less than 62 career options in the water sector, ranging...
Water supply problems in several Eastern Cape Municipalities will be discussed in parliament next week. This follows another water supply crisis in the Eastern Cape city of Grahamstown. Source: sabcdigitalnews
South Africa is facing a major water crisis. The impact of water shortages is felt most acutely in rural areas where there are no major surface- or groundwater resources and where it is not economically viable to install a water reticulation...
Live demonstration of rural water treatment system developed by Prof Lingam Pillay of Durban University of Technology. This is one of the projects funded by the Water Research Commission.
This project forms part of the Stellenbosch University Hope Project. For more information visit: www.thehopeproject.co.za/water
