When your truck is trying to avoid the potholes along the secondary roads that serve the coal belt in Mpumalanga, or bouncing over corrugated dirt roads in the Northern Cape, have you ever wondered how much these roads cost? Not cost as in build....
DPI Plastics has played an important role in improving the living conditions of residents of informal settlements after donating PVC building pipes and fittings to the first-ever shack-to-house conversion project in Kayamandi, Western Cape. The...
The 3rd Southern African Region Young Water Professionals Conference will be taking place for the first time in the magnificent location of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, South Africa from 16 to 18 July 2013. The YWP runs under the auspices of...
South Africa is currently playing host to the 15th BASIC Ministerial Climate Change Meeting, which started yesterday 26 June 2013 and is set to end Friday 28 June 2013 in Cape Town, Western Cape. The BASIC Group of countries include relevant...
Monitoring of groundwater usage is under way at a number of schools in the Western Cape, following a programme to use less municipality-supplied water to irrigate sports fields and other open spaces at newly built schools. SRK Consulting, a leading...
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...
“Water resources management can ultimately only be successful if a when the public is fully on board. It is important that great emphasis be placed on creating awareness on water resources’ issues and especially to assist in the development...
Athletes, families and corporates are gearing themselves up for the annual PPC Cement Riebeeck Berg marathon, taking place on 3 August 2013. Set in the picturesque backdrop of the Riebeek Valley in Western Cape, the race has something to offer for...
The role of women in water resource management is changing, as is the focus of their interaction within the water industry, according to Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi. “We brought rural women on board to...
