The City of Cape Town used National Water Week as an opportunity to promote the importance of water conservation in the metropole. “The City’s Water and Sanitation Department has a proud history of engaging with residents and businesses as well as...
Technology producing a win-win situation for both the industry and environment has been announced, coinciding with South Africa’s national water week. Research published in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) shows a newly developed...
Compassion International recognizes World Water Day on March 22nd, 2013. As the world’s leading child development ministry, Compassion International tackles the root causes of poverty in the lives of children around the globe. Providing safe...
“WaterWatchers” harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to report water leaks and issues. On 22 March 2013, World Water Day, IBM in collaboration with the City of Tshwane, launched a crowdsourcing project to help capture, share and analyse information...
“Every South African has a responsibility to make adjustments to their consumption of this very critical and scarce resource,” said Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi during the handing over of certificates to...
Rhodes University Ecologist Professor Jay O’keefe believes there are few skilled water scientists and water engineers in South Africa. Professor O’keefe says urgent solutions should be found to deal with the scarcity of water in the world. He added...
The flooding experienced in the Southern Cape region during 2006 and 2007 resulted in significant damage to municipal infrastructure and private property. Rapid urbanisation, as well as the age, condition and capacity of the existing stormwater...
Pictured: Children from the Zandspruit informal settlement enjoy a jumping castle at the World Water Day Celebrations held at Emthonjeni Community Centre in Zandspruit on 22 March. Xylem Water Solutions South Africa announced its partnership with...
The Department of Water Affairs has appealed to all South Africans to play a role in conserving and protecting the country’s water resources. This appeal was made in light of National Water Week, from 18 to 24 March, which is celebrated this year...
