Face-lift for Steenbras Hydro Pump Station
The Steenbras Hydro Pumped Storage Scheme is scheduled to receive a face-lift to the value of R107 million, the City of Cape Town said in a statement. “This will ensure…
Bloemfontein Water reports about the Rustfontein Water Treatment Works
The Rustfontein Water Treatment Works was commissioned by the former Minister for Water Affairs, Mr Ronnie Kasrils on the 18 November 1999. The Treatment Works is responsible for water purification…
Nature-based sanitation technologies
The Water Research Commission (WRC) has entered into an agreement with eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and the City of Cape Town to pilot nature – based sanitation technologies. The technologies, which…
New Development Bank and Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority Sign Loan Agreement for Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase II Implementation
Media Statement: The New Development Bank (NDB) and Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) signed the Loan Agreement for the implementation of Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). The…
Clean water for rural Eastern Cape
The University of Johannesburg’s Process, Energy & Environmental Technology Station (UJ PEETS) and SOURCE Global, in collaboration with the UJ’s Faculty of Health Science – Water and Health Research Centre…
Serious efforts to save what’s left of water
Efforts to save water are gaining traction in South Africa. Sustainability group, Ecolab, for example, recalled how they set up a working group because one of their clients was experiencing…
Tsomo Water Treatment Plant
An injection of about R215 million into the Tsomo Water Treatment Plant, in the Eastern Cape, has paid off. About 1692 jobs were created during the construction phase, according to…
Portsdam Wastewater Upgrade
The City of Cape Town has embarked on an upgrade of the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) to the value of R5.2 billion. According to a write-up on the DA’s…
Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority latest feedback
Today, Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project reached a historic milestone with the successful closure and diversion of the Senqu River, downstream of its confluence with the Khubelu…
Climate Fund water reuse
Global Climate Fund (GCF) and partners signed agreements to begin the implementation of 6 out of 12 newly approved projects. Projects of interest are in South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, three…