water supply | Infrastructure news - Part 15

water supply

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Time is running out to comment

At the end of last month Cabinet approved for gazetting and a public consultation process, the National Water Policy Review, which is undertaken as a means to fill in the existing gaps in water policy and to facilitate necessary amendments....

Water shortages due to power failures

Johannesburg Water (JW), the City’s water and sanitation service provider would like to inform residents of the City of Johannesburg that we were able to successfully restore full water supply to the residents of Constantia Kloof and surrounding...
Rainwater harvesting

Rainwater harvest from tanks: can you drink it?

Water collected in rainwater harvesting tanks provided in a low-cost housing project in Kleinmond, Western Cape, does not meet the standards for drinking water, unless treated, according to the findings of a Water Research Commission (WRC) study....
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Cape Town water supply infrastructure upgrade on track

The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department will be installing the last batch of control valves on the water distribution line in Summer Greens, as part of Phase 4 of the water supply infrastructure upgrade in the Cape Town suburb of...
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Tackling water loss

Much has been written about the unacceptably high non- revenue water losses suffered by most municipalities and it is common knowledge that there are few water supply authorities that can claim a water loss of less than 30% of their purified water...
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Swartland Pipeline nears completion

Construction of Phases 1 and 2 of the Swartland Bulk Water Pipeline in Gouda, Western Cape, commenced in May last year and has reached the final stages with an estimated completion date of mid-2013, Ehrane Holderness, UWP Consulting principal...
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Here today, reused

Pictured: Mossel Bay desalination plant during construction Royal HaskoningDHV, leading the future of sustainable water Growing populations, increasing urbanisation and industrial growth is placing severe stress on existing surface and groundwater...