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Rand Water reduces water supply to Mpumalanga municipalities
Rand Water has reduced water supply to two Mpumalanga municipalities who failed to make payments for services rendered. In a statement released on Wednesday the utility said that water pressure to the Victor Khanye Municipality and the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality...
read moreCape Town keeps water consumption on the conservative side
Despite declining dam levels from the warm summer weather the City of Cape Town says water consumption has remained on the conservative side for the past month. The City says the average water usage, which has remained under 600 million litres of collective usage per...
read moreMajor events making an impact with less single-use plastics
The large-scale events market is responding to the increasing concern about plastic pollution by taking steps to minimise the impact of their events on the environment. Helping them slash their use of single-use plastics are companies like Bluewater Africa Trailers,...
read moreAfrican infrastructure gets performance index
Africa has often seen constrained investment into its infrastructure because of the lack of a benchmark. However this situation is set to change with the launch of the continent’s first infrastructure performance index. Indices and benchmarks play a critical role in...
read moreCulpable homicide charge may be on the cards for PTA train crash
Acting Gauteng police commissioner General Max Masha says a case of culpable homicide may be opened following a fatal train collision in Pretoria. The collision, which took place in Mountain View Pretoria on Tuesday, left at least three people dead and over 600...
read moreAfDB pours millions into Rwandan water projects
Rwanda’s Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program has received a further €115 million boost from the African Development Bank to help the country give 1.5 million people access to improved, reliable and sustainable water supply services. The funding will cover...
read moreUpgrade to Zandvliet WWTW to start in 2019
Work on the City of Cape Town’s R1.5 billion project to upgrade the Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works is expected to start in the first half of 2019. This comes after council approved most of the upgrade work last year. The project, which has been in the pipeline...
read moreFalse Bay algal blooms not a wastewater issue – CoCT
The City of Cape Town has advised residents that the algal blooms in False Bay are naturally occurring, non-toxic and not reflective of wastewater quality in the city. This comes after news outlets linked the algal blooms to issues inland. “Alarmist stories have been...
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Engineered for generations
Meeting the current and future water storage needs of South Africa’s rural and urban communities is a top priority, as is implementing future drought countermeasures. Delayne Gray, managing director at SBS Tanks®, discusses the company’s innovative responses to these...
read moreDesalination: affordable, reliable, sustainable
Cape Town has put plans for a permanent desalination plant on hold following good rains and reports that the technology is simply too expensive. However, there are feasible options for effectively bolstering water supplies. The capital and operational costs of...
read morePartnering with communities
Making a lasting difference, Sasol Mining is passing on sustainable benefits that are shaping and adding value, says Lucky Kgatle, senior vice president, Sasol Mining. Sasol has been part of the South African landscape since the 1950s and is one of the country’s...
read moreA hazardous waste winner
As the first high-hazardous landfill to be constructed in Vereeniging, Gauteng, in 24 years, Averda’s Vlakfontein Class A landfill has been built to the latest local and international standards. From planning through to operation, the Averda team is proving that the...
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Klaus Endress turns 70
On Sunday 9 December 2018, Klaus Endress, current President of the Supervisory Board of the Endress+Hauser Group celebrated his 70th birthday. Born in 1948, Endress was the second of eight children to company founder Dr Georg H Endress and his wife Alice. After...
read moreNumber of practising quantity surveyors declines
The number of practising salaried quantity surveyors with more than 10 years’ experience has declined. This is according to the latest results from the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors annual salary survey. The survey notes that shows that the number of...
read moreAll-Membrane Brine Concentration technology hits African shores
Modern Water has announced its collaboration agreement with WEC Projects of Johannesburg to promote its innovative and proprietary All-Membrane Brine Concentration (AMBC) technology throughout Africa. Speaking for WEC Projects, who are a leading South African...
read moreSMEC South Africa secures another win at the National Business Awards
SMEC South Africa has once again proved its mettle as a leading infrastructure solutions company by emerging victorious in the Infrastructure Development and Maintenance category of the 2018 National Business Awards for the second year in a row. The award recognises...
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