Desalination
latest news & developmentsThirsty alien eucalyptuses get the chop
The trees are being felled along the Breede River and the biomass sold back to their native Australia
Desalination will relieve arid SA, but it’s too expensive
Renewable energy would lower operating costs, while more and bigger plants would drive down infrastructure expenditure
Cape Town’s desalination plant budget dries up
If the national government doesn’t intervene, residents could end up footing the bill
Letters to the editor: February 16 to 22
Readers write in about how to deal with the water crisis and the pitfalls of an ANC ‘democracy’
What are the rules on boreholes? Can you use seawater to flush?
"We have to reassess our relationship with water, and the City supports the move by residents to explore more sustainable water-wise technologies"
Cape Town races to beat Day Zero
The city could run out of water in March and is rushing to get measures such as desalination in place
Drought-struck coastal cities go for expensive Plan B
Slow work on water department projects blamed for ‘last resort’ emergency freshwater plants.
Urgent move on polluted water
Water Affairs department’s plan of desalination to deal with acid mine drainage has to be fast-tracked before sulphate levels reach dangerous levels.
Global water crisis sparks surge in desalination
The world’s unquenchable thirst for clean water drove a record increase in the desalination of seawater and reuse of sewage last year.