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Millionaire golf estate sucks water
Article
/ 19 October 2018

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

By Sipho Kings
50 000 litres of sewage flow into SA’s  rivers every second
Article
/ 21 July 2017

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

By Sipho Kings
​Bacteria turn sewage into clean water and electricity in self-powered plant
Article
/ 8 August 2016

​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.

By Sipho Kings
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/ 29 April 2010

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.

By Staff Reporter

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