The vital role of reliable water infrastructure in preventing cholera outbreaks
The recent cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal in the Gauteng province, as well as in Limpopo and the Free State resulting in the tragic loss...
City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate recognised as Africa’s first Leading Utility of the World
The Leading Utilities of the World (LUOW) is a global network of the most successful and innovative water and wastewater utilities. Attaining membership in...
Water Use License applications for hydropower generation explained
THE Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) Director-General, Dr Sean Phillips together with a team from DWS Water Use Licence Applications (WULA) met with...
Turning FOG wastewater into biodiesel feedstock and clean water for reuse
By Robin Hayes, Editor at Cape Business News
A year has elapsed since the editor interviewed South African entrepreneur Christopher Clemes, who jointly invented and...
City replacing water meters to keep readings on track
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate’s R108 million Water Meter Replacement Programme is on track to help ensure that residents continue to have devices...
Specialised crane for rescue training
South African crane manufacturer Condra has been appointed mechanical subcontractor to MH Automation for the University of Johannesburg’s new Rescue Simulation Centre under construction...
Plastics’ role in ensuring SA’s water infrastructure and security
"IN 2015, the world made a global commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 6, which aim to ensure that everyone contributes to...
Technology helps achieve ‘Water for All’
This year’s National Water Week drove the agenda of ‘Water for All’, an objective which SRK Consulting has supported in many ways – one...
Cape Town’s water: heading in the wrong direction
By Dr Kevin Winter, a researcher at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Future Water Institute.
CAPETONIANS must heed the warning of Day Zero in...
Mayco greenlights major Potsdam WWTW upgrade contracts for Council approval
Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee has greenlit two major construction contracts linked to the R5bn upgrade of Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW). These contracts are...
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