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What would you do if your town Ran out of Water? 28 Jun 2010 | 09:51 pm
Instant panic! Immediate thoughts would turn to your family and home. The taps would open, but nothing would come out, there may be a little water left in your kettle, and some in your geyser. Then...
South Africa welcomes the World to the Fifa World Cup 2010 with different expectations! 11 Jun 2010 | 05:34 pm
Dear World Cup visitors, Now that you are safely in our country you are no doubt happily realising you are not in a war zone. This may be in stark contrast to what you have been bracing yourself for ...
Johannesburg water safe to drink 2 Jun 2010 | 06:31 pm
Overseas visitors can drink Johannesburg’s water without fear because it is clean and safe, Johannesburg Water said last week. “We can say that residents and visitors to the city of Johannesburg nee...
7.5bn litres of waste water a day by sewage works 19 May 2010 | 05:30 pm
Cape Town – The government on it has for years failed to properly regulate municipal sewage works, many of which are discharging untreated or only partially-treated human waste into rivers around the ...
Water supply on red alert! 18 May 2010 | 05:19 pm
A third of the world’s people might have access to only half the water they need in the next decades if nothing is done to conserve the critical resource. Photo: INLSA It is estimated that 1.1 billi...
Desalination plant in drought stricken Plettenberg Bay 17 May 2010 | 04:13 pm
The Bitou Municipality has put out a tender for the construction of a desalination plant. The Water Affairs Department and the municipality have signed an agreement for the release of R20,000,000 to ...
Big tariff increase Proposed by Water Boards 6 May 2010 | 04:55 pm
South Africa’s water boards are proposing increases of between 6,2% and 43% to the cost of the potable bulk water they supply to the country’s municipalities. Such tariff increases, if accepted, are ...
R23bn needed to fix SA’s sewerage works! 5 May 2010 | 05:49 pm
Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has asked the Treasury for a staggering R23 billion over the next six years to fix waste water treatment works that need “urgent” attention. Sonjica said yester...
Probe into R50m water-meter contracts 4 May 2010 | 05:46 pm
A forensic investigation is under way into a R50-million project to manage the flow of water piped to residents of Cape Town. The City has, since 2007, installed 41000 flow-restricting water meters –...
Sustainable Living aim of Campus Research 3 May 2010 | 05:45 pm
THE Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s George campus has established a Sustainable Campus Project that aims to gather data on sustainable living compared to conventional households. The George ...
