Upgrade of the Ritchie WWTW was commissioned by Sol Plaatje Municipality as it is currently hydraulically overloaded and only running on a capacity of 0.5 Mℓ/d. Vela VKE’s Bloemfontein office is currently responsible for the design and site...
“It is important to realize that water is life. As cities grow, we are going to need a lot of clean water. People take water for granted – but it just doesn’t work like that.” These are the words of Owen Sihle Ngcobo, the senior leak detection...
Australia Office of Water to investigate water saving ideas The New South Wales Office of Water has received 50 water saving ideas from communities within the Murray Darling Basin. The government wants to reduce the impact of water cuts under the...
I remember being gob-smacked years ago by the most stunning black and white steam photography taken by Canada’s Nils Huxtable. Not too many coffee table books come out in black and white – mostly colour these days. However, there is just something...
Transnet’s ‘Back to Rail’ strategy is a much talked about concept within the transport industry, particularly the road freight industry, but there has been very little understanding as to the ‘what’ and ‘wherefores’ of it all – until now. Transport...
The transport and logistics industry is just not ‘hip’ enough to attract talent. The industry needs complete makeover, says a Pricewaterhouse Coopers report. Pay is a turn-off and training is vital for survival, transport and logistics companies...
According to the EPA, the average American produces about four pounds of garbage per day. That’s around three quarters of a tonne over the course of a year. The trash that doesn’t get composted or recycled inevitably ends up in a...
This year’s Energy Global World Award has been awarded to Water for a Generation, a project of the Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) in Swaziland. This three year project, funded by The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) and implemented by...
Turning worm poop into fertiliser was TerraCycle’s first big idea. Then they transformed discarded drink containers into consumer bling, which made them a world-recognised leader in this hot, new trend of ‘upcycling’. Upcycling is the...
