drinking water | Infrastructure news - Part 3

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Ministers asked to intervene in North West water

The ministers of Water & Sanitation, Health, and Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs has been issued joint letters by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), asking them to intervene urgently to ensure the provision of clean...
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Water and sanitation inequalities still prevalent

Too many people still lack a basic level of drinking water and sanitation, says Dr Maria Neira, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. A new report released by WHO and UNICEF...
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Turning mine water into drinking water

Companies are beginning to adopt Anglo American’s model for transforming wastewater from its mines into drinking water. The mining company was the first in South Africa to transform wastewater from its coal mines into water suitable for drinking,...

Gender and Water

Dr. Barbara van Koppen, Principal Researcher on Poverty, Gender, and Water with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) says “Despite the role of women in supporting households and communities, the patterns of inequality that...

R12.5 billion water project expected in the E Cape

A twelve point five billion rand water project is expected to provide clean and safe drinking water to Eastern Cape residents by 2020. President Jacob Zuma officially marked the beginning of construction of the Umzimvubu dam in Tsolo in the...