Tag Archives: Water Supply

City of Tshwane braces for water supply interruptions

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 30 September 2024 Tshwane residents have been warned to brace themselves for possible water supply interruptions due to a power trip at Rand Water’s Mapleton Booster Pumping Station on Sunday. Read More

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Billions owed by Free State municipalities threatens water security

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKamogelo Seekoei, SABC News, 19 September 2024 The enormous R10 billion debt that five Free State municipalities owe bulk water supplier Vaal Central Water is threatening water security in the province. Read More

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Action must be taken’: MPs warned that 8 million South Africans could soon be without water

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintEnkosi Selane, The Citizen, 18 September 2024 Large parts of South Africa could soon be without water due to mounting municipal debt, warns Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation chairperson Leonard Jones Basson. Read More

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R580m earmarked to end water woes in Limpopo municipality

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintAlex Japho Matlala, The Citizen, 29 July 2024 A drought-stricken Limpopo district municipality, with an annual budget of R2 billion, has set aside R580 million to address the chronic shortage of water and sanitation in its five towns of Hoedspruit, … Continue reading

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Joburg Water urges residents to use water wisely

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC Radio, 24 April 2024 Johannesburg Water has urged residents in the west of Johannesburg to use water wisely, Read More

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“Young engineers with skills needed to solve water crisis”

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 21 March 2024 The Water Research Commission says there’s an urgent need to equip young engineers with skills that would enable them to develop innovative solutions in the water sector. Read More

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