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South Africa: A Teabag That Could Save Millions
UNIRIN, 19 August 2010
A cheap and effective filtering device developed by a South African university could provide safe drinking water to millions of people, drastically reducing the incidence of… Read more »
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South Africa: 'Tea Bag' Purifies Water
SciDev.Net, 12 August 2010
Scientists have reversed the action of the humble herbal tea bag to purify water on a small scale. Instead of infusing water with flavour, a sachet sucks up toxic contamination… Read more »
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South Africa: Water Quality Declining, Says Minister
BuaNews, 11 August 2010
Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica says her department is concerned about the impact of deteriorating water quality in the country and has called on role… Read more »
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South Africa: Calls for Passive Treatment of Acidic Mine Water
Business Day, 5 August 2010
SA SHOULD consider passive treatment options for heavily polluted mining water, a geohydrologist said yesterday. Read more »
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South Africa: Reduce Demand for Water, Country Warned
Business Day, 3 August 2010
WHILE SA faced water supply constraints and suffered from rainfall that was less than half the world average, it was not alone in having to manage water supply issues, experts said… Read more »
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South Africa: Millions of Litres of Water 'Flushed Away'
Business Day, 30 July 2010
ABOUT 30% of household water consumption is used to flush toilets, and SA needs to consider dry sanitation, according to a water and sanitation specialist. Read more »
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South Africa: 'Solutions Possible' for Acidic Mine Water Crisis
Business Day, 28 July 2010
JOHANNESBURG Water was concerned about the possibility of acid mine drainage flooding the city's central business district, but there were potential solutions, the utility's… Read more »
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South Africa: Cape Town Water Meters Leave Poor High And Dry
West Cape News, 13 July 2010
Sixty-six year-old Langa crèche owner Nombulelo Dyira says parents of the children she caters for are sending their children to other crèches because her property has… Read more »
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South Africa: Auditor-General's Water Affairs Findings Are Damning
Business Day, 14 July 2010
A tangled web of tender rigging, illegal awarding of contracts without going to tender, and arbitrary extension of contracts beyond what the law allows - involving more than R300m… Read more »
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South Africa: Economic Hub Runs Water Shortage Risk
Business Day, 7 July 2010
SA's economic hub will run short of water should a severe drought occur in the next 10 years, as water losses have not been stemmed and new sources of supply are still 10 years… Read more »
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Africa: Water 'Must Be Foreign Policy Goal'
Business Day, 2 July 2010
AN EXPERT on water resource management has called on African governments to make water one of the key pillars of Africa's foreign policy. Read more »
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South Africa: Call to Defuse Toxic Mining Water Time Bomb
Business Day, 1 July 2010
THE government still does not have a comprehensive strategy to deal with toxic mining water, months after describing the situation as urgent and a serious threat to the… Read more »