Neil Macleod
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SA’s dismal state of wastewater management
The Green Drop 2022 report, the first since 2013, reflects a serious deterioration in the management of wastewater treatment plants
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
Some Durban schools deep in debt to water dept
At least 284 schools in the greater Durban region owe the eThekwini Water Department over R5-million for unpaid water and electricity. eThekwini water and sanitation head, Neil…
Report highlights safety threat to Durban rivers
Several Durban rivers are polluted with health-threatening levels of E. coli bacteria, sometimes at levels hundreds of times over the recommended safety limits for drinking,…
Sewage leaks into Durban river
Heavily polluted water from a punctured sewage pipe appears to have been flowing into the Durban harbour via the Umhlatuzana River for up to nine months — reportedly the result…