The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) has announced its plans to refurbish Port Elizabeth’s landmark Shark Rock Pier. The refurbishment project started shortly after the Splash Festival ended on 7 April 2015. The upgrade which is expected to...
The aeration process at the Stellenbosch municipal water treatment plant in the Western Cape has been dramatically improved after ten world-class modular compact (MC) industrial gear (IG) units were installed by water project specialist, Inenzo...
SRK Consulting provides independent technical advice and services through over 50 offices in 22 countries, on six continents. With presence in Angola and Cameroon, and practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe,...
Many regions of the world may see unprecedented drought due to climate change before the year 2050. This is according to new research, from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), presented earlier this week at the...
The delivery of sanitation services, with a particular emphasis on the eradication of the undignified bucket system has never been more critical, according to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Director-General (DG), Margaret-Ann...
Food waste also comes with its own environmental concerns. Organic waste in landfills is particularly problematic because it leads to the production of methane gas and leachate which contaminates ground water and contributes to climate change. One...
The Race for Water Odyssey (R4WO) reached New York City last week, concluding its Atlantic crossing in a journey that will take its crew over 40 000 nautical miles as they attempt to draw up the first global assessment of plastic pollution in the...
Pump stations in Botswana have been malfunctioning as a result of blockages caused by improper use of the infrastructure by communities. This is according to Botswana’s Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Kitso Mokaila the Botswana...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has welcomed an additional R24 million from the National Disaster Management Centre to be used for drought relief in the province’s long-suffering...
