The 100-year-old Umzonyana Water Treatment Works is to be refurbished in a R50 million upgrade project, which will increase its treatment capacity by 30 Mℓ/d – from 120 to 150 Mℓ/d, according to Royal HaskoningDHV, the consultants appointed for the...
Following the finalisation of the reliability test on 17 December last year, the Melbourne Desalination Plant has commenced with 27 years of operations in which it will be delivering drinking water into the Melbourne water system, finds Chantelle...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) has applauded South Africa’s municipalities for their continued monitoring of, and attention to, the quality of the country’s drinking water. South Africa has the distinction of being...
Fewer than half of 23 drinking water and sanitation projects funded with development aid from the European Union (EU) in six Sub-Saharan countries have met the needs of beneficiaries, and 19 are at risk of failure without ongoing financial support,...
Officials in Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape on Sunday said they cannot guarantee the safety of drinking water because of floods. The coastal town is one of several areas in the province that was the hardest hit by last week’s heavy rains. At least...
South Australians have been exposed repeatedly to dangerous chemicals in their drinking water, with thousands of breaches of health guidelines, an environmental group says. Friends of the Earth’s report, compiled from freedom of information...
Locality receives just 4 million litres per day against requirement of 28 million There is some good news for Pallavaram residents reeling under a shortage of drinking water. The State government has given its nod for a Rs. 99.95-crore water supply...
More than five million people in Southern African may require humanitarian assistance during the 2012/13 period, if recent vulnerability assessments across eight countries are anything to go by. National Vulnerability Assessment Committees’...
The Departments of Water Affairs and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) will set up a task team that will work towards improving water delivery at municipal level. The team has been formed to work on an appropriate funding...
