Richards Bay’s much needed desalination plant was launched last week in an attempt to enhance water security within the King Cetshwayo District Municipality. The R300 million plant, which was launched by the department of water and sanitation, has...
Two of South Africa’s largest lakes – Sibaya and St Lucia – are being drained by a combination of drought and the growing water demands of the timber industry and local people. This is the warning from scientists attending the recent national...
Durban is set to become the first city in the country to begin desalinating seawater for drinking-quality tap water – but residents will probably also have to swallow purified sewage water because of a serious water supply shortage over the next...
