Founded in 1886, Johannesburg began as a mining shanty town. An increasing concern over water followed the euphoria from the discovery of gold. In 1903, Rand Water was formed by individuals and institutions who instead of pursing riches,...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has undertaken to expedite a strategic intervention to significantly minimise the impact of raw sewerage seeping into the Vaal River and its tributaries in the Southern Gauteng Region. On Tuesday, 09...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has called on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to order an intervention and financial rescue plan for Emfuleni Local Municipality. This comes after the commission held hearings last week to...
The South African Human Rights Commission is conducting an inspection at the Vaal Dam following allegations that approximately 150 ML of raw sewage is flowing into the Rietspruit and Vaal rivers daily. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)...
The Emfuleni Local Municipality and Rand Water have reached a payment agreement that will ensure the continued supply of bulk water to residents. The agreement, which comes after the utility threatened to cut water to the municipality for a R400...
The Emfuleni Local Municipality has refuted claims that its sewer reticulation system is one of the pollution threats to the Vaal River System, through E-coli and other pathogens, from raw or poorly treated sewage. In a statement released last week...
Plant capacity being doubled Work is proceeding apace on an extension to the overloaded Sebokeng wastewater treatment works, which currently services a population of about 700 000 people in southern Gauteng near the industrial area of...
