Tag: water supply
Have your say on City exploring external options for its permanent desalination plant
As part of its feasibility study, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is calling on the public to comment on the proposal to implement...
DA questions MMC, Joburg Water after prolonged outages
Issued by Cllr Michael Crichton – DA Johannesburg Caucus Deputy Chairperson
For the past five days and counting the residents that receive their water
supply from...
Cape Town dam levels top 101%
More rain this past week has seen Cape Town’s dam levels increase to 101%. This is more than the same time last year.
Over the...
Taps still running dry in Joburg
It is not new that Gauteng metros, especially Joburg, are experiencing continuous and increasing water shedding for the past few years with the two...
Why 2024 Is The Year To Champion Water
By Chetan Mistry, Strategy and Marketing Manager at Xylem Africa
We already have solutions to water problems—it's time we started using more of them.
IT would...
New water to secure more water supply for a growing city
Census 2022 data shows that Cape Town’s population is now 4 772 846, remarkably 27,6% higher than in 2011. Expanding Cape Town's water supply sources is...
PROXA workshop promotes sustainable off-grid water solutions
PROXA, with its 25 years’ of global experience in providing solutions to water treatment security, is hosting an important, free to attend, high profile...
W Cape Water Supply System reaches 90% capacity
The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS), which comprises the six largest dams in the Western Cape, has hit 90% capacity.
According to the hydrological...
Future water security depends on sources other than rain
The 10th Edition of Cape Town’s Water Outlook is now available on the City’s website for download. Published annually, its objective is to make information...
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...
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