water | Infrastructure news - Part 620

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Pilot artificial wetland system

SRK Consulting conceptualised, designed and supervised the development of a R 7,5-million artificial wetland for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape, which may herald a new approach to the natural cleaning of polluted water...

Using green growth as a new driver of growth

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation on Development (OECD) released its 2013 Economic Survey of South Africa this week in Midrand, Johannesburg. At the launch, Angel Gurría, OECD secretary-general, highlighted how the country can use “green...
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Diversion of waste to landfill

Novel approach to carcass disposal Dr Melanie Jones, a veterinarian based in Cape Town and founder of Zero to Landfill Organics, is running a trial on the composting of companion animal carcasses that are currently being taken to landfill. These...
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Unpacking carbon tax in SA

Experts in the field agree: carbon tax is coming, possibly this financial year or the next, and companies must ready themselves for this extra burden. But what will it entail and how ready is Treasury for implementation? Kyle Mandy, partner at...
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Adopt-a-River project gains momentum

The deputy minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, embarks on Sandspruit River clean-up in Senekal, Free State. “One of our biggest challenges in the water sector is high levels of pollution in our rivers nationally, which...
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Reservoirs further social upliftment

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture, assisting the Genadendal Farmers’ Union under the 2008 Flood Relief Scheme, has installed two permanent water reservoirs near Voorstekraal, an Overberg village on the outskirts of Genadendal, to enable...
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Engineered measuring solutions

Endress+Hauser has increased its install base in water and wastewater plants across the country over the past three to four years and has shown good growth in the industry. This was mainly achieved by increasing the confidence of plant builders and...
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Complete rental solutions

Xylem Water Solutions South Africa is opening a brand new rental depot in Steelpoort, Limpopo in the near future. The decision to open a depot in Steelpoort was realised because of the rapidly growing demand in mining operations in the area. The...