Water Pollution

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…

From stormwater and sewage to degraded wetlands, the Klip River’s decline highlights the urgent need for infrastructure repairs and ecological restoration, scientists warn

Polluted water is flowing into the Blood and Sand rivers

Taxpayer money will be used to pay the R160 million fine slapped on a Mpumalanga municipality

Mchunu has left big shoes that need to be filled, according to experts

In 2012 the municipality was ordered to fix Carolina’s water problems, but has still not done so

Environmental experts warn that simply fining municipalities for damaging the environment and polluting water is not sufficient to change behaviour

The residents association is considering legal action against the City of Johannesburg

About 80% of the country’s dams are so enriched with nutrients they could produce toxic algal blooms

The minister is adamant the country is not experiencing a crisis, despite about half the water in our systems being unsafe for drinking

Challenges in overcoming legacy of air and water pollution are ‘enormous’

The Northern wastewater treatment works disgorges sewage into the Umgeni River, which flows into the sea at Durban, polluting the city’s popular beaches

Quick fixes are inadequate to prevent damage from gold mining’s legacy, but the long-term plan of treating AMD could relieve water shortages

Citizen activists have warned that the water situation in South Africa is ‘dire and precarious’

With La Niña bringing much-needed rain, it is inexcusable that South Africans do not have access to their most basic human need: water