Almost a billion people live without clean drinking water. We call this the water crisis. It’s a crisis because it only starts with water — but water affects everything in life. Health. Education. Food security. And the lives of women...
Lesotho’s Highlands water system, which supplies water from the mountainous kingdom to the South Africa province that includes Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria, will shut the next two months for maintenance work. Gauteng province, South...
As one of the most widely used plastics in the world, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe systems are an essential element in sustainable and effective water management. Water distribution networks are critical for efficient and safe transfer of water to...
Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by heavy flooding along the Niger River over the last few weeks. Niger, Mali and Benin have been particularly hard hit, with dozens of deaths, tens of thousands of houses destroyed and vast areas...
Temeke, like other parts of Dar es salaam has long been suffering from an acute shortage of clean water but efforts by government and other bodies are, admittedly rather slowly but making progress nonetheless to alleviate the problem. Poor...
A community-initiated water harvesting and gardening project has transformed the lives of over 200 villagers in Dumbu village in Masvingo district. Bothered by the recurrent drought in the area, the villagers devised a way of harnessing water from...
Ethekwini municipality head of water and sanitation Neil Macleod has questioned research revealing high levels of a toxic chemical in the city’s sea water. But the scientist, Hideshige Takada of Tokyo University, who recently presented the findings...
September 2012: South Africa will run dry by 2050, should no action be taken to conserve water. It is pertinent that the key players in South Africa’s food industry implement strict water saving measures through the use of water recycling, to help...
Sulzer Pumps launched what it termed ‘the next generation of dewatering pumps’, at the Electra Mining Conference on Tuesday, 11 September 2012. Specifically suited to the harsh conditions prevalent on mining and construction sites, the ABS...
