According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, new research shows that high-altitude dust from Asian and African deserts blown thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean can make it rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada. The study, published in the...
eThekweni Municipality is tackling the challenge of providing sanitation and water to its rural and peri-urban communities through the provision of urine diversion toilet. The rollout began with a pilot project in uMzinyathiu, a peri-urban area...
The EIB supports the integrated bulk water supply to 5 million people around Durban. The project’s scale and technical challenges as well as diverse local concerns are being overcome to allow supply of clean water to be secured.
Lesotho’s Highlands water system, which supplies water from the mountainous kingdom to the South Africa province that includes Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria, will shut the next two months for maintenance work. Gauteng province, South...
Harare residents continue to be dogged by water shortages, with areas in the central business district and most residential suburbs having to endure frequent long-lasting water cuts. In a service delivery update for August, the Combined Harare...
South Africa has been making great strides in the construction of green buildings, with the flagship Vodafone Innovation Centre in Gauteng being the first to get a six star rating by the Green Building Council. This carbon- neutral building blends...
It is a chilly morning in Olenguruone village on the southern flank of the Rift Valley, but Gloria Chepng’etich is warming up to the task at hand. Spread neatly on her workbench are bamboo splices that the 21-year-old will weave into floor...
Build, own, operate, transfer (BOOT) is an attractive model for delivering infrastructure projects efficiently; and Ghana Water Company Limited is becoming wedded to the idea as it strives to expand its network. The first public water supply system...
The Addis Abeba City Administration proposed a 16 billion-Br preliminary budget for the 2012/13 Ethiopian fiscal year that prioritises water and sewerage services, commanding 13% of the spending plan. The preliminary budget, prepared by the...
