Local South African provider of water, sewage and industrial effluent treatment technology Prentec recently celebrated 40 years in the water sector. Over the past four decades, the company has provided solutions to treat affected water worldwide....
Dr Dyllon Randall of engineering, management and specialist technical services Aurecon’s water unit in Tshwane, recently won third place at the Falling Wall Lab in Berlin, Germany’s capital, for his work in wastewater treatment. Randall was one of...
On 26 November this year, consuting, design and construction services company Golder Associates held a gathering to celebrate the donation of a small water treatment plant for delivery to the Golder Trust for Orphans’ KwaSizabantu Sculzendal...
A parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation held public hearings last week to address vandalism and theft of water infrastructure in the country. The committee heard the theft of copper cable, as well as pipes, pumps and other...
The Oudtshoorn Municipality says it’s Technical Services Directorate is making strides in the implementation of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) valued at R20 million for the current financial year ending in June next year. In a statement...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has laid out five actions needed over the short- and long-term to achieve a low-carbon energy sector, and proposed concrete options for their implementation in the international climate negotiations to be held...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will be implementing a pilot project for non-grid solar home systems which means the installation of green electricity at shacks, making it one of the first local authorities in the country to do so. Standing...
A new report by the World Bank Group has revealed that Climate change impacts, such as extreme heat events, may now be unavoidable because the Earth’s atmospheric system is locked into warming close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by...
The eThekwini Municipality is planning a new look for the Bluff beaches and it hosted public meetings in the South Durban Basin this week to discuss a proposed plan to upgrade. According to the municipality the draft plan, presented to the public,...
