Festo’s modular automation solution is being called the next evolutionary step in managing water and wastewater treatment works. Based on the development of Industry 4.0, the new technology is likely to become the new standard for water...
Easy access to food is luring white storks in Portugal away from their established migration patterns. A journal article in Movement Ecology reveals they’re choosing to feast on landfill garbage instead. In 1822, a well-placed arrow solved the...
Wastewater treatment works have long been seen as messy, smelly eyesores pushed to the borders of urban centres. Now, a new solution that closes the water cycle using a combination of eye-catching natural and nature-inspired technology is making...
Earlier this year, South Africa’s Water Research Commission (WRC) was honoured with the Water Award 2016. Dhesigen Naidoo, CEO, WRC, explains the award’s significance for both the local and global water research communities. On 30 June, during the...
Dean Thompson has been CEO at EnviroServ for seven months. This is not the only thing to have changed at the company in recent months; with the introduction of the new CEO, there is a new leadership team, a fresh strategy and an overall renewed...
REDISA has achieved much with regard to developing the tyre recycling industry, even winning the Circular Economy Governments, Cities and Regions Award at Davos earlier this year. But the story doesn’t end there – Stacey Davidson, director, REDISA,...
Mpumalanga municipalities recently received training on the Blue and Green Drop Systems to ensuring effective and efficient water and sanitation service delivery to communities. The Blue and Green Drop certification programmes are innovative means...
World Water Week closed on Friday, concluding that water must be recognised as the enabler of successful implementation of the entire 2030 Agenda as well as the Paris Climate Agreement. “Water – the lifeline of our planet – will be needed to...
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) White Paper entitled ‘The Digital Transformation of Industries’ in collaboration with Accenture, identifies five themes that are central to the digital transformation of the logistics industry over...
