Below is this year’s budget as presented by The Minister of Transport, Ben Martins, in parliament outlining how the Department of Transport is going to spend its R42.3 billion. Approximately 96% of the budget will be spent on: maintaining road...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has vowed to take tougher actions against contractors whose carelessness is resulting in extensive damage to council infrastructure while at the same time greatly inconveniencing residents and businesses....
A team of water and environmental experts from Aurecon has successfully delivered data processing and modelling services for the recently completed Nile Basin Decision Support System (DSS) project, which aims to assist the Nile Basin Initiative...
The Eco-Logic Awards, hosted by The Enviropaedia (in association with SABC3), have announced that entries are now open for individuals and organisations to submit their products, services, innovations and achievements via www.enviropaedia.com. In...
Pictured: Aerial view of Polihali dam Lesotho and South Africa have in principle agreed upon the R12 billion second phase of the Lesotho Highlands water project. It will boost water supplies to South Africa and generate hydroelectric electricity....
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Africa have announced a treaty to develop a giant hydroelectric project at Inga Falls, near Congo’s capital Kinshasa, the first phase of which will have a capacity of 4800 MW. The agreement...
What are your current focus areas and vision? Aquadam is repositioning itself as a solutions provider rather than a supplier of products. Our extensive experience, coupled with our comprehensive range of storage tanks, enables us to be approached...
Pictured: The MBR plant applies the well-established activated sludge process to treat wastewater (bioreactor filled with sludge) The perception that wastewater treatment is the “less attractive” cousin to the delivery of potable water is slowly...
Pictured: Mossel Bay desalination plant during construction Royal HaskoningDHV, leading the future of sustainable water Growing populations, increasing urbanisation and industrial growth is placing severe stress on existing surface and groundwater...