Wastewater Treatment
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River clean-ups alone won’t fix South Africa's water crisis, says Deputy Minister Jack Bloom
Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister Jack Bloom states that community clean-up campaigns only address the symptoms of South Africa's river pollution. He emphasizes that lasting…
Can wastewater reuse help solve SA’s water crisis?
A pilot project in Benoni is testing a low-tech approach to water recycling, aiming to ease pressure on South Africa's strained water infrastructure. This collaboration between…
Mathjabeng in financial freefall
The Free State municipality is facing severe fiscal distress, with liabilities exceeding R5.8bn and a R871.6 million deficit, says Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke
Mpumalanga municipality slapped with record R650m penalty for years of raw sewage spills
In a landmark ruling, the Emalahleni local municipality was ordered to fund major repairs after pleading guilty to persistent sewage pollution that contaminated rivers feeding…
Sewage in the rivers as Polokwane water treatment project stalls
Polluted water is flowing into the Blood and Sand rivers
There is no water crisis, says Pemmy Majodina, just use it wisely
The minister’s statements come a day after the constitutional court said it was working remotely because of unreliable water supply
South Africans must embrace drinking treated sewage water or risk severe shortages
Failing infrastructure and increased demand means Gauteng residents may soon have to rely on treated sewage to quench their thirst
‘Criminal’ that Rooiwal’s upgrade comes at the cost of lives
Farmers in the Apies River area decry the damage pollution from the defective wastewater treatment plant has done to their farms and livelihoods
Voltaren found in False Bay wastewater treatment water
Study reveals how high concentrations of pharmaceutical products are ending up in False Bay’s marine environment
Why we need the Blue and Green Drop reports: ‘Everyone in SA lives downstream from a sewage discharge point’
The last reports were in 2014 but were stopped probably because the results were too shocking to be publicised, water experts say