water quality | Infrastructure news - Part 3

water quality

Dripping tap

SA authorities tackle water crisis

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) researchers haveĀ 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...

Focusing on water filtration and treatment devices

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...
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DA appeals to Thuli Madonsela to step in

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...
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Sasol to help clean toxic spill in Kruger Park river

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...
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SA beaches proudly fly blue flags

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 FlagĀ ...