Leading up to the 2014 WISA Conference, IMIESA caught up with the NuWater team to discuss their ‘Water on Wheels’ concept and how this is helping to address South Africa’s growing water treatment challenges. ACCORDING TO John Holmes, NuWater CEO,...
The closure of landfill sites in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana has resulted in large amounts of uncollected garbage in the city. Currently only the Kpong landfill site and Zoomlion Compost site operating, while the Abokobi, Achimota and Saba...
The latest available data on air pollution has prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to call for the implementation of effective air pollution mitigation policies, close monitoring of the situation in cities worldwide and greater awareness...
South Africa is severely under-engineered. According to the latest Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) results, South Africa only has a total of 15 000 engineers and has one engineer that services approximately 2666 people whereas...
Mining, geotechnics, water, waste and the environment specialist SRK Consulting (SA) has announced several promotions. Briony Liber has been made a partner at SRK Consulting (SA). She is a principal environmental consultant based in the...
Up to 40% of the energy footprint of a city is determined by the water industry. With electricity costs accounting for some 40% of operating costs, out-of-the-box thinking is required. Royal HaskoningDHV’s solution is the Energy Factory. This...
Due to a high volume of illegal waste dumping, the City of Cape Town has set aside R274 million for the removal of illegally dumped waste. To help mitigate the problem, the city’s Solid Waste Management Department has established an illegal dumping...
Companies are beginning to adopt Anglo American’s model for transforming wastewater from its mines into drinking water. The mining company was the first in South Africa to transform wastewater from its coal mines into water suitable for drinking,...
The United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration is organising an executive-led Infrastructure Business Development Mission to Egypt, Morocco and Jordan. The purpose of the mission, which will take place from 3 to 11...
