Cape Town is under level 3B water restrictions as dam levels hit a low of 31.5% – amounting to 21.5% of usable water. However the city has finally achieved its goal water savings target of 800 million litres, which was set towards the end of 2016....
A Restrictions Management Committee will soon be convened in the Western Cape to coordinate all water restrictions and drought related matters. This comes after Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane met with the Western Cape provincial...
The market for green water technologies is expanding in South Africa due to rising water resource and utility costs, growing resource scarcity, and an increasing consumer demand for more sustainable products. This is according to the GreenCape’s...
Is solar energy currently making a significant enough contribution to the national energy grid? With 1,484MW of renewable energy projects having recently been awarded, Davin Chown, director at Genesis Eco Energy, says solar has made a significant...
The Plastics|SA Clean-Up Crew has been tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the routes and surrounding areas for three of Cape Town’s biggest spectator events are kept clean and litter-free. For the 10th consecutive year, Plastics|SA’s...
The City of Cape Town still finds itself on the fast track to having no useable water left in just over three months. This comes after two years of below than average rainfall, and bringing water usage under control now remains one of the city’s...
Dam levels in the Western Cape are averaging at below 40% despite Level 3b water restrictions that were implemented last week. This prompted discussions between members of the Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS) who debated whether further...
Landfills will be a little lighter in the Cape with a new biogas plant set to open on Wednesday in Athlone. The new waste-to-energy plant will focus on converting organic waste into useable bio-methane which will be used to create products such as...
The City of Cape Town is clamping down on residents who have been violating water restrictions in the city. In a report by News24, one person was fined R2,000 for hosing down concrete surfaces while the country is currently battling with the...
