Archive for 'Volume 3 Issue 2'
Draft of delayed water resources review by September, says DG
Posted on 31. May, 2012 by Cara.
The delay in the review of South Africa’s National Water Resources Strategy had emerged as a key concern for the Department of Water Affairs (DWA), director-general Maxwell Sirenya said at a Water Institute of Southern Africa conference in Cape Town on Monday. But a draft of review, which was about three years behind schedule, should [...]
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Rand Water to launch skills academy
Posted on 31. May, 2012 by Cara.
Bulk water utility Rand Water said on Monday it would launch an academy aimed at building skills and capacity development in the water and sanitation sector. The Rand Water Academy would be launched at the 2012 Water Institute of Southern Africa Conference, in Cape Town this week. The academy would initially cater for the critical [...]
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Water a cause for war in coming decades
Posted on 31. May, 2012 by Cara.
Washington – Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with climate change, US intelligence agencies said in a report released on Thursday. The assessment says the risk of water issues causing [...]
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Water unsafe in two regions of Eastern Cape
Posted on 31. May, 2012 by Cara.
Releasing the 2012 Blue Drop report on the country’s water supply quality, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said yesterday that areas in the Sundays River Valley, OR Tambo, Ikwezi and Koukamma municipalities were of grave concern. In Koukamma and Ikwezi she went as far as singling the water out as “not at all” [...]
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SA tap water remains world class – Molewa
Posted on 31. May, 2012 by Cara.
South Africa’s drinking water is among the best in the world, and the country remains among a few in the world where water can still be consumed from the tap, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa said on Monday. Releasing the 2012 Blue Drop report during the Water Institute of Southern Africa [...]
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