Prof Eugene Cloete’s drinking water solution
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drinking water
Duduza water is safe to drink: Ekurhuleni
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) has a released a statement assuring residents of Duduza that the water is safe to drink. “There is no truth to the malicious rumour that surfaced last week alleging that the drinking water in Duduza...
Patent issued for acid mine water treatment
Rand Water chairman in Professor Jannie Maree has received a United States patent for an acid mine water treatment process. “The magnesium-barium-hydroxide (MBO) process, which removes metals and sulphate from mine water, offered South Africa a...
Excessive fluoride in drinking water can affect human health
Excessive Fluoride in drinking water can affect human health Have you ever wondered why people develop brownish stained teeth? This has nothing to do with failure to brush their teeth properly but relates more to a disease called dental fluorosis,...
Newcastle wins Greenest Municipality – again!
Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi on 29 August hosted Newcastle community members in KwaZulu-Natal in a special celebration at the Phelandaba Stadium to mark the third consecutive year the Newcastle Local...
Rainwater harvest from tanks: can you drink it?
Water collected in rainwater harvesting tanks provided in a low-cost housing project in Kleinmond, Western Cape, does not meet the standards for drinking water, unless treated, according to the findings of a Water Research Commission (WRC) study....
Canaries to Crows
Are we missing something? Where I live we used to have many Indian Mynah birds. These birds seemed to be territorial and they protected their areas. They also seemed to breed at an incredible rate and there were always lots of them. From what I...
Cape Town water supply infrastructure upgrade on track
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department will be installing the last batch of control valves on the water distribution line in Summer Greens, as part of Phase 4 of the water supply infrastructure upgrade in the Cape Town suburb of...
Processes and challenges of analytical services relating to borehole and potable water
By Venetia Mitchell, Talbot & Talbot: Laboratory Liaison Manager Laboratory testing of various chemical, microbiological and physiological parameters of borehole and potable water sources (drinking water) is imperative to water service...
