As more businesses and individuals pursue initiatives to boost water supply the issue of red tape around water provision has come under the spotlight. With fresh water designated as a national resource, it can become a complex matter for private...
Ryno Erdmann, Group CEO, Aquatico, discusses the importance of laboratory testing and the services Aquatico has to offer. Tell me about Aquatico and the laboratory services you offer the water sector. RE Aquatico is an established environmental...
The City of Cape Town has warned residents against stock piling water amid the drought as it could bring Day Zero closer once again. According to the municipality stockpiling water will prevent the City from stretching its water supply into the...
Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear plant recently launched a mobile groundwater desalination plant amidst the drought currently gripping the Western Cape. According to Eskom the desalination plant will take care of the country’s sole nuclear power plant thus...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it has a number of contingency plans in place to prevent the City from completely exhausting all its water supplies and it will remain open for tourism and investment. Andrew Whitfield MMC for Economic...
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”...
