Researchers have used new water-tracing technology in the Sydney Basin for the first time to determine how groundwater moves in the different layers of rock below the surface. The study, conducted by the University of New South Wales (UNSW)...
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) researchers have warned that continued population and economic growth, combined with climate change, could result in serious water shortages in some parts of the country by 2025. Speaking to the...
An investigation by the Democratic Alliance (DA) has found that there are serious problems with water provision in some parts of the country. Over the last four months members of the DA have travelled across Limpopo, the North West, Mpumalanga and...
What defines the quality of water? Quality of water is defined by the chemical, physical and biological contaminants present that will influence the suitability of water for a specific end use. More specific to this broader quality statement, it...
In the past few years we have been bombarded with reports of how bad our tap water quality is. By Dr Jo Burgess, research manager at the WRC This has opened up the market for the sale of home water treatment devices to consumers who often do not...
The DA will request that the Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, launch a nation-wide investigatory audit into the state of water infrastructure and access in South Africa. Reports of local water shortages keep pouring in across the...
Sasol will help clean up the toxic spill that affected one of the rivers flowing through the Kruger National Park. A tailings dam owned by Bosveld Phosphates overflowed at the end of last year following heavy rain, contaminating a 15km stretch of...
Lake Superior State University (USA) recently purchased a SEAL AQ1 discrete analyser for its Environmental Analysis Laboratory (EAL). This advanced instrument was purchased to analyse local, regional and national water quality samples. However, it...
Blue Flag 2013/2014 season launched. In September World Tourism Day 2013 was celebrated across the provinces with the theme: Tourism and Water. In keeping with this theme, Minister of Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, launched the new Blue Flag ...
