The Malmesbury Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) treats wastewater from Malmesbury. The original WWTW prior to a much needed refurbishment and upgrade project was not only overloaded but also discharged sub-standard effluent. In order to remedy...
How on earth did billions of Rand allocated in Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grants allocated through the Department of Water Affairs go missing? The department has earned itself a qualified annual audit report due its inadequate management of...
The Water Research Commission (WRC) has been appointed by the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) as the implementing agent for the Framework Programme for Education and Training in Water (FETWater) Phase III programme that will run until 30...
The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) is dealing with the sewage spillage into the Vaal River in the Bloemhof area in the North West. The DWA is, together with colleagues from the Lekwa Teemane Local Municipality, the district municipality and the...
The Department of Water Affairs’s (DWA) environmental crime investigators, the Blue Scorpions, have laid criminal charges against Aurora Empowerment Systems for pollution of the Blesbokspruit. The Blesbokspruit is a protected wetland situated next...
The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) is working with the police on the matter of the vandalism of water infrastructure in the Madibeng Local Municipality. Following the violent public protests in Madibeng earlier this year, where the issue of...
By Jaco van Niekerk, Department of Water Affairs: Construction The construction of the De Hoop Dam is at the heart of the Olifants River Water Resources Development Project (ORWRDP), which is intended to unlock economic potential in the region and...
The water sector is experiencing a critical scarce skills shortage, owing to an insufficient skills base and fierce competition in the labour market for skilled personnel, said the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) acting director- general Trevor...
Delegates worked on a Peoples Plan for Sanitation and Dignity at the recent National Sanitation Summit in Salt River. The summit attracted delegates from informal settlement organisations and civil society with the aim of developing a plan that...
