The 6th Africa Water Week will take place from 18 to 22 July 2016 in Tanzania. Considered Africa’s flagship water event, Africa Water Week represents a political commitment at the highest level for creating platform to discuss and collectively seek...
The government has set aside close to R3 billion over the next three years to train artisans to fix water leaks. 3 000 young artisan are being trained under the War on Leaks programme in an effort to combat water loss that costs the country R7...
The “Municipal Benchmarking Initiative” report from 2015 – compiled by the SA Local Government Association and the Water Research Commission – found the country didn’t even have 10% of the required number of engineers needed to...
Melusi Maposa, Accenture’s Managing Director: Resources says he would like to see an increased uptake of As-A-Service models, as this allows utilities to leverage private capital to achieve service delivery outcomes by allowing private players to...
Smart metering company Itron is developing a first-of-its kind programs in energy, water, waste and air to conserve resources and reduce operating costs. Itron energy and water technology is helping cities the world over meet their sustainability...
The IFAT Environmental Technology Forum – Water, Sewage, Refuse and Recycling – Solutions for the Mining and Construction Industry will take place for the first time from September 15 to 18, 2015 co-located with BAUMA CONEXPO AFRICA. Messe München...
Lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the environmental health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water, warn WHO and UNICEF in a report tracking access to drinking water and sanitation against the Millennium Development...
Earlier this month delegates gathered for a flagship workshop on Water Science Cooperation for Human Capital Development at the University of Kwazulu- Natal. Dhesigen Naidoo, CEO of the Water Research Commission (WRC) presented the South African...
By Liesl Frankson In recent years we’ve been made aware that the global climate is changing and water is the primary medium through which climate change impacts the earth’s ecosystem and people. This is according to UN-Water. The...
