Farmers in the Overberg region have started releasing between seven and ten million cubic meters of water into the Western Cape supply network. The water is a private donation from the Groenland Water Users Association and is being released from...
By Patrick Dowling, WESSA: Western Cape Regional Membership Beyond the clamour around who’s to blame, conflicting scenario descriptions of day zero and its predicted date, individual and community responses and helpful tips, the drought, now...
The City of Cape Town has implemented a short-term management strategy for the Newlands Spring following complaints of congestion and conflict as residents scramble to collect water amid the City’s worst drought in history. The Newlands Spring has...
In an effort to help the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape Province mitigate the impact of Day Zero, Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages (CCPB) is finalising the details of a plan to provide millions of litres of relief water. The “prepared water”...
The City of Cape Town is expediting the roll-out of water pressure management technology as part of its drought relief measures. The municipality has identified 25 areas across the city that could benefit from this technology over the next three...
The Central Karoo town of Beaufort West has been thrown a life line after a new water source was found that will provide water to residents over the next four years. The town was fast approaching the dreaded day zero as the local Gamka dam dried up...
Meeting the current and future potable and wastewater needs of South Africa’s rural and urban communities is a top priority, as are future drought countermeasures. IMIESA talks to Mava Gwagwa, new business and key accounts director, SBS Tanks®,...
SunCulture recently introduced its new solar water pump system which it hopes will transform agricultural output in water scarce regions. The RainMaker solar water pump system is a high-efficiency positive displacement pump that can lift 7 000...
Water today is undervalued, misused and misallocated. Too many of us take it for granted – we turn on the tap and it flows. But did you know only 4% of Earth’s water is freshwater and only 0.5% of that is safe for human consumption? As shocks...
