The Green, Blue and No Drop Certification programs are regulatory mechanisms of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). As the water sector regulator in terms of both the National Water Act and Water Services Act, DWS introduced these...
Mpumalanga municipalities recently received training on the Blue and Green Drop Systems to ensuring effective and efficient water and sanitation service delivery to communities. The Blue and Green Drop certification programmes are innovative means...
Designing information systems for local needs. By Ulrike Rivett, Michael Champanis and Toni Wilson-Jones Between 1994 and 2012 over 21 million people in South Africa were given access to an improved water source and in 2008 the initiative of Blue...
The Department of Water Affairs has officially announced the roll-out of the “No Drop” report Assessments that are part of efforts to increase water use efficiency and to reduce leakages from the water supply networks. According to a statement...
Pictured: Minister of Water Affairs, Edna Molewa The Strategic Water Partners Network – South Africa (SWPN-SA) is developing a “No Drop” Programme, building on the successful Department of Water Affairs Green Drop and Blue Drop programmes, to...
Jonathan Julyan studied electrical engineering and made fruit juice for a living but is now sold on the water industry. People ask me how long I’ve been in the water industry,” says electrical engineer Jonathan Julyan. I say:...
With the amount of water-borne diseases making headlines, can you afford to not know your area’s Blue Drop status? The winners of the 2012 Blue Drop Awards were announced at a prestigious gala dinner held last night at the biennial WISA Conference,...
