The latest Green, Blue and No Drop reports show widespread deterioration of water and sanitation infrastructure. Nearly half of wastewater systems are critical, drinking water improvements are marginal and non-revenue water losses remain high in multiple provinces, highlighting urgent need for municipal investment and reform
Emergency measures include a temporary increase in Rand Water allocation, leak repairs, illegal connection removal and accelerated capital works
Rand Water’s environmental brand – Water Wise continues with its campaigns to increase awareness on the need to value wetlands and water resources in its areas of operation. In the past three months, Water Wise successfully activated two Drop-by-Drop Water Conservation Workshops in Soweto and Alexandra townships. However, this time Water Wise is extending its campaign […]
The DA has not ruled out sabotage as one of the reasons the city has failed to provide water
Dada Morero has said he will stand for a second term as the Greater Joburg chair
The South African Municipal Workers Union said it would not march but would ask for a meeting with the president when he visited the city
With the City of Johannesburg losing 40% of its water, the government has advised residents to get tanks and capture rain water to ease the burden
The deputy president says decaying water systems and financial strain at municipalities are driving SA’s water shortage
The province is ‘not doing the right things’ to rescue itself from running out of water, Pemmy Majodina told parliament’s portfolio committee on water and sanitation
This was achieved through a partnership involving the Vaal community, Rand Water, Rhodes University’s Centre for Biological Control, the water and sanitation department and the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment
Failing infrastructure and increased demand means Gauteng residents may soon have to rely on treated sewage to quench their thirst
Johannesburg’s Alexander Park reservoir is taking strain, leaving taps dry for days
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Utility advises customers to start stocking up on water ahead of the weekend
The water shortage was caused by ‘an incident’ at the Eikenhof pump station, the bulk water supplier said
The water crisis has largely been caused by a power outage that affected the main pump station
The team ‘has to be in it for the long haul’ and the sewage in the water, which feeds the alien aquatic plants, must be dealt with
Water specialists have said the use of glyphosate is in contravention of the National Water Act and is a risk for humans and toxic for aquatic life
If allowed to pass the Vaal River Barrage, the plant has access to a journey of about 1 000km of the middle and lower Vaal river, the Bloemhof Dam and then into the Orange river
South Africa’s service delivery woes have attracted all manner of violence. As water becomes more scarce, things will get worse
