Domestic water and wastewater tariffs soared in cities across the developing world from 2015 to 2016 as utilities passed on the effects of rising energy costs, reforms to government subsidies and rampant inflation. The results of the recent Global...
Global water issues came under the spotlight at the 2016 World Water Congress and Exhibition which took place this month in Brisbane, Australia. “With more than 5000 of the International Water Association’s (IWA) members gathered in one place, this...
A turnaround strategy and the implementation of a new supply chain management policy is the number one priority of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), according to the group’s acting CEO Collins Letsoalo. The change in policy follows...
Millions of South Africans have been affected by water restrictions and outages as a result of the drought over the last two and a half years. However, South Africans are not alone. Big cities around the world have also experienced extreme weather...
Frances Ringwood, editor of ReSource magazine talks to Stan Jewaskiewitz, founder of Envitech Solutions, a specialist environmental engineering firm focusing on landfills and mine waste. Jewaskiewitz talks about landfills can be managed and...
By Tracy-Lee Erasmus A notice to the paper and packaging, electrical and electronic and lighting industries in terms of s28 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, No 59 of 2008, was published on 12 August 2016 by Minister of...
Six years ago, the Visserhoek landfill site in Cape Town was granted authorisation to extend its lifespan to provide an extra six to nine years of landfill capacity. This extension was granted provided the City of Cape Town develop a master plan...
The International Water Association (IWA) has released a manual to assist services providers with achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. The Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Practitioners aims to help...
Safe and clean drinking water is a basic right to all South Africans, however there was a new threat going undetected until recently. Several medical and agricultural departments at the University of Pretoria have partnered with Rand Water to...
