South Africa’s recent droughts are teaching businesses a life-changing lesson: we can no longer simply assume that clean water will always be available to keep operations running smoothly. According to Gert Nel, partner and principal hydrogeologist...
Water and Sanitation Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu has assured South Africans that the current water shortage was receiving the ‘highest level of attention’ from government. However, she also warned citizens to use water sparingly before the...
A quarter of the world’s populations across 17 countries are facing extremely high water stress, according to a report released Tuesday. Most of them are close to “day zero” conditions, where taps could run dry. The World Resources Institute’s...
Access to water is a human right, but it is estimated that two out of every three people will live in water-stressed areas by the year 2025. In Africa alone, it is estimated that 25 of the 53 countries will experience severe water stress within the...
Limited availability of freshwater could become a stumbling block for rapid development of shale resources through hydraulic fracturing. Using information from the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, the World Resources Institute (WRI) has provided the...
Bravo Enterprises Ltd. reports while much of the world is under some form of water stress, certain populations are hardest hit during a water crisis. In general, developing nations have the highest impact rate, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, North...
Durban and Cape Town residents will have to start looking seriously at drinking recycled water from the local sewage works within the next few years as water supplies are running out and there is not enough time to build big new dams. Gauteng would...
