The University of Western Cape (UWC), in collaboration with Quality Filtration Systems (QFS), successfully designed, installed and commissioned a state-of-the-art borehole solution to create another first for the institution. UWC is the first...
The City of Joburg said that water supply would not be restored at Sandton Gautrain station until it received an R8 million payment from property company Cedar Park. Water supply was cut off two weeks ago after the company apparently failed to pay...
The Water and Sanitation Department has called on Gauteng consumers to significantly cut back on their water usage due to a two month planned shutdown of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project tunnel system. The tunnel will be shut for inspection and...
The decline in levels of Integrated Vaal River System (IRVS) could put pressure on the available water resources in Gauteng if the province does not receive good rainfalls in the next coming weeks. The IVRS is currently floating at 65.4%, slightly...
Growing populations and rapid urbanisation are increasingly adding pressure to the country’s already constrained wastewater treatment works. With residential developments encroaching ever closer on wastewater treatment works and water demand...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has procured the services of a diver in an effort to resolve technical issues restricting water flow at the Waterdown Dam in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. In a statement, the department said due to the...
A five-year, US$250 million water services expansion project in the Zambian capital of Lusaka involving Mariswe is nearing completion. The appointment of Mariswe – a South African project management, infrastructure planning and consulting...
The cost of water in South Africa could be set for a dramatic increase, as the Department of Water and Sanitation seek the necessary legal approval to hike-up what they can charge for their services. That’s according to a government source who...
The water crisis in the Eastern Cape municipality of Makana is so dire that it will now start implementing water rationing measures. Acting spokesperson Anele Mjekula said on Wednesday that ongoing drought meant dam levels on the western side of...
