The levels of human excrement and disease-causing pathogens in rivers around Stellenbosch are unacceptable and unsanitary. The water of the Eerste and Plankenbrug Rivers regularly do not meet international or national standards for the safe...
The time is drawing nearer for Xylem Water Solutions South Africa’s first ever Product Showcase and Client Conference. This prestigious event is set to be held at Gallagher Estate on 12 and 13 August this year. As this is the first event of its...
Ideally, engineering teams should reflect the accepted international municipal and utility ratio of six engineering professionals per 100 000 inhabitants. However, in South Africa’s best case scenario – larger cities and towns – municipalities had...
While the South African national water policy and legislative framework emphasises the principle of equity with reference to race and gender, there is still a challenge to implement the policy at various levels of water management. A study...
Substantial investment and decades of international experience has placed global engineering consultancy firm SMEC as a frontrunner in ensuring the continued development and upgrade of water infrastructure in Africa. The international SMEC Group...
Pretoria is one of the country’s groundwater success stories, with large quantities of groundwater used as domestic water supply providing pristine quality and constant discharge. The Water Research Commission (WRC) in collaboration with the...
WRC investigates water use and crop parameters of pastures for livestock grazing Irrigated agriculture currently faces strong competition for the substantial share of water as the water use for industrial, domestic, municipal and other activities...
Clean water has been in short supply in some of the poorer neighbourhoods of N’Djamena, Chad.
A R50 million reservoir project has been approved by the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to meet the high demand for water in the region north of Pretoria, and Kaytech’s highly regarded drainage and filtration system was specified...
