Latest articles on Water Pollution

Sewage still flows into ‘Poo Lake’

Environment Tshegofatso Mathe - 24 Jul 2020

Despite Ekurhuleni spending R2.8-million on a sewer line to prevent further damage to a pump station, raw waste has contaminated a wetland

Improving water quality

Article bogdan TagDiv - 28 Jun 2019

Engineering Research Capacity Development Award

Sewage and contaminants in Cape Town sea

Article Professor Leslie Petrik - 31 May 2019

Wastewater contains many dangerous contaminants, which are now being measure

Big increase in mine water pollution

Article Mark Olalde & Andiswa Matikinca - 17 May 2019

New data reveals a radical increase in the number of mines flouting water regulations

Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Dec 2018

Many African countries tend to mismanage their groundwater resources

Successful HIV treatment create health problems by contaminating water with ARVs

Article Dr Eunice Ubomba Jaswa - 30 Nov 2018

Traces of the drugs are found in urine and faeces, but water treatment plants are not designed to remove them

Community Conservation and Resilience

Article Sipho Kings - 21 Sep 2018

Winner: Aller River Pilot Project

Ministry should take over deteriorating wastewater treatment plants

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Aug 2017

The decline in the maintenance of wastewater treatment plants in most towns is alarming and cannot be allowed to deteriorate further

Why we don’t have cool, clear water

Article Sipho Kings - 18 Apr 2017

The reasons include faulty sewerage plants, rogue mines and weak monitoring agencies.

Toxic ocean pollution adds to fish woes

Article Sipho Kings - 27 Feb 2017

The amount of food available in the oceans will decrease by up to 55% this century, starving animals already struggling to adapt to warming oceans.

Water be damned, the mines are what count

Article Sipho Kings - 19 Nov 2015

Past experience has shown that the government will continue to permit industry such as mining that destroys water supplies.

EIA: Marine waste has killed more than a million animals

Article Sipho Kings - 7 Oct 2015

A hundred thousand marine mammals and a million seabirds have died as a result of marine waste, according to the Environmental Investigation Agency.

Dirty listed companies hide the truth

Article Sipho Kings - 8 Sep 2015

Research into some of the JSE's biggest companies finds them in regular breach of environmental legislation and failing to disclose this to investors.

Departments admit to acid water slip-up

Article Sipho Kings - 27 Aug 2015

There are no environmental checks on Gauteng's emergency response to the mine drainage crisis, as polluted water seeps into rivers and land.

Politics results in filthy water

Article Sipho Kings - 6 Aug 2015

Sewage flows because of misplaced trust in local government and co-operative governance.

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