The Accelerating Sustainable Water Services Delivery project was launched in March in Mbelu, Eastern Cape. InfrastructureNe.ws takes a look at the project that was a joint initiative. The main objective of the initiative, started under the...
The EIB supports the integrated bulk water supply to 5 million people around Durban. The project’s scale and technical challenges as well as diverse local concerns are being overcome to allow supply of clean water to be secured.
Three South African researchers in the water sector – Dr Inga Jacobs, Craig Sheridan and Dr Heidi Snyman– were recently honoured for their contributions to the sector at the Excellence in Water Research Awards at the CSIR Knowledge Commons in...
An earthquake that killed nine people in Spain in 2011 may have been triggered by decades of pumping water from a nearby natural underground reservoir, suggesting human activities played a role in moving Earth’s crust, scientists reported on...
As Eskom hopes to raise its tariffs in order to replace antiquated infrastructure, it has come to light the water infrastructure in South Africa is also in a dire state. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has reiterated the country is facing a...
The link between coal as an energy source and its effects on water sources is not often made or discussed, but a new report released by Greenpeace on October 18, has brought this very important element to the fore. In South Africa, around a million...
South Australians have been exposed repeatedly to dangerous chemicals in their drinking water, with thousands of breaches of health guidelines, an environmental group says. Friends of the Earth’s report, compiled from freedom of information...
Most people in Harare have since stopped drinking water from the local authority because they believe it is unsafe, a survey by a local residents’ association has revealed. The survey, which was conducted by the Harare Residents’ Trust (HRT) in 15...
Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane must intervene directly to ensure a lasting, cost-effective solution to the acid mine drainage crisis, DA Gauteng spokesman Jack Bloom said on Sunday. “The acid mine drainage crisis in Gauteng has been...
