SA's water treatment works are in a poor to critical state and monitoring water quality was also becoming an increasing problem. These were among some of the issues the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research [CSIR] raised on Wednesday. CSIR senior researcher specialising in water quality and aquatic ecology James Dabrowski said there were 8 000 different pesticide products registered in the country. "The Department of Water Affairs is responsible for registering them, but does … [Read more...] about Water treatment works in critical state
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Water Treatment Works upgrades to accommodate greater demand
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is currently implementing refurbishments and upgrades at five water treatment works and aims to ultimately upgrade all eight facilities providing drinking water to Nelson Mandela Bay to the tune of more than R 1 billion. This follows after the demand for potable water from the population of 1,1 million residents consistently increased at approximately 6% over the last couple of years. Infrastructure, Engineering, Electricity and Energy Standing Committee … [Read more...] about Water Treatment Works upgrades to accommodate greater demand
