Carbon footprints and escalating energy costs have led Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, a subsidiary of the global Veolia Water (represented locally by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa), to develop an innovative...
By Sumetee Pahwa-Gajjar Businesses that strive to be environmentally sustainable must find better ways to measure and reduce their carbon footprint. Organisational goals for environmental performance areas, including the aim of carbon neutrality,...
A realistic perspective of energy optimisation considerations: Part II Objective of study Rudi Scheepers*, Marlene vd Merwe-Botha** Â *Arcus GIBB (Pty) Ltd, P.O. Box 3965, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa. Email: rscheepers@gibb.co.za **WaterGroup...
Doctors have warned of a possible disease outbreak in waterlogged parts of the Eastern Cape after severe flooding caused widespread damage to sewerage infrastructure. Port Alfred National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) volunteer Darryl Olivier...
The executive mayor of Rustenburg Local Municipality in the North West, Councillor Mpho Khunou, recently issued a statement expressing his “deep concern” at the sewage problem that had been ‘threatening’ the City of Rustenburg as...
A manhole next to the R59 in Parys is overflowing with raw sewage which eventually ends up in the Vaal River. Johan Smit reported the manhole on Mobilitate earlier in the week and said the raw sewage flows into a stream that connects with the Vaal...
Tshwane Metro has dismissed as a hoax reports that striking municipal workers have pumped sewage into water reservoirs. They urged residents to ignore SMSs doing the rounds alleging that their drinking water was unsafe. Spokesman Nomasonto Ndlovu...
When thinking of South Africa’s beaches one imagines pristine sand, igneous rock and stunning scenery. Apart from the bitterly cold waters of the Atlantic beaches in the Western and Northern Cape provinces our beaches are great places to swim as...
Dumping of sewage sludge near Phoenix outside Durban has caused air and water pollution while residents have complained about the bad smell. The sludge dumping takes place every day at the eThekwini Water and Sanitation purification plant which...
