Sewage Plants
latest news & developments
Millionaire golf estate sucks water
Mansions at Blair Atholl illegally used water from boreholes. The estate is now trying to get permission for this — after the fact
50 000 litres of sewage flow into SA’s rivers every second
Every second, 50 000 litres of sewage flow into the country’s rivers, a result of no maintenance because of corruption and incompetence
Bacteria turn sewage into clean water and electricity in self-powered plant
A microbial fuel cell can process sewage on a small or very large scale and solve the problem of water treatment, some five years from now.
Report reveals rotten state of SA’s sewage plants
The shocking state of SA’s sewage plants was revealed in the long-awaited Green Drop Report released by Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica.