Tag: water supply
DA questions MMC, Joburg Water after prolonged outages
Issued by Cllr Michael Crichton – DA Johannesburg Caucus Deputy Chairperson
For the past five days and counting the residents that receive their water
supply from the South Hills Water Tower, areas such...
Cape Town dam levels top 101%
More rain this past week has seen Cape Town’s dam levels increase to 101%. This is more than the same time last year.
Over the past week, Cape Town dam levels increased...
Taps still running dry in Joburg
It is not new that Gauteng metros, especially Joburg, are experiencing continuous and increasing water shedding for the past few years with the two massive outages last week in the Western...
Why 2024 Is The Year To Champion Water
By Chetan Mistry, Strategy and Marketing Manager at Xylem Africa
We already have solutions to water problems—it's time we started using more of them.
IT would be incorrect to say the world does...
New water to secure more water supply for a growing city
Census 2022 data shows that Cape Town’s population is now 4 772 846, remarkably 27,6% higher than in 2011. Expanding Cape Town's water supply sources is becoming crucial to being able to cater...
PROXA workshop promotes sustainable off-grid water solutions
PROXA, with its 25 years’ of global experience in providing solutions to water treatment security, is hosting an important, free to attend, high profile workshop on 1st November 2023, to address...
W Cape Water Supply System reaches 90% capacity
The Western Cape Water Supply System (WCWSS), which comprises the six largest dams in the Western Cape, has hit 90% capacity.
According to the hydrological report released by the national Department of...
Future water security depends on sources other than rain
The 10th Edition of Cape Town’s Water Outlook is now available on the City’s website for download. Published annually, its objective is to make information about the City’s water supply readily available...
Cape Town’s water: heading in the wrong direction
By Dr Kevin Winter, a researcher at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Future Water Institute.
CAPETONIANS must heed the warning of Day Zero in 2018 if another water crisis is to...
Largest reservoir to provide additional water supply
Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has officially unveiled the country’s largest reservoir in Benoni, which is set to provide additional water to parts of Gauteng.
The construction of the Vlakfontein Reservoir...
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