Mining is regulated by the Department of Mineral Resources in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Act. However, DWS has a particular interest in mining’s negative impact on water as well as the vast quantities of water used in mining...
Over the current financial year, the City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate will spend R87 million on generators and uninterrupted power supply (UPS) installations for sewer and water pump stations, as well as bulk water and...
Eskom has informed Rand Water of its planned maintenance to work on the transformers that supply power at the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant (ZWTP). The Eight (8)-hour planned maintenance is scheduled to take place on Sunday, 21 January 2024,...
Water is likely already a part of your sustainability strategy. After all, it’s a utility with an associated cost, and every responsible business will track that cost. Yet, even at that level, most companies treat water with broad strokes and...
Water is a central element of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel controls several water pipelines entering Gaza. But water can also be a source of hope for an alternative future. By Clive Lipchin (adjunct professor:...
Structa Technology – a division of the Structa Group of Companies – offers solutions for water storage from 5 000 litres to 4.5 million litres through the Prestank and Circotanks ranges to suit both function and budget. Prestank is Structa’s...
Seven precast concrete reservoirs in the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (ranging in size between ranging in sizes from 20 Mℓ to 30 Mℓ) are in various stages of completion and form part of the municipality’s water augmentation...
Dec 12, 2023
Rand Water is deeply concerned over the escalating debts caused by municipalities’ failure to honour their bulk water purchase agreements and debt settlement arrangements with Rand Water. This situation highly destabilizes Rand Water’s...