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Acid Mine Drainage threat to Gauteng 17 Nov 2011 | 11:15 pm
Johannesburg – Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in Gauteng poses a threat to residents and government needs to act swiftly in addressing the problem, the provincial housing department said on Wednesday. “The...
No garden watering in Hermanus 7 Nov 2011 | 07:45 pm
Water Restrictions Still Applicable In Greater Hermanus Area. Residents in the greater Hermanus area are reminded that water savings measures are still in place and that their full cooperation is nee...
Climate change will reduce water 1 Nov 2011 | 07:08 pm
Rome – The UN food agency warned climate change will restrict the availability of water for farming in decades to come, including in the Mediterranean region, and urged governments to take action. A ...
Energy demand, pollution to skyrocket 26 Oct 2011 | 09:03 pm
Paris – Energy demand will skyrocket in the coming decades and much of it will be met with fossil fuels, increasing risks of pollution and global warming, a group of energy ministers warned. An Inter...
SA water gone by 2035 20 Oct 2011 | 06:14 pm
Johannesburg – The demand for water in South Africa is expected to exceed supply by 2035, Gauteng Rural Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza said. “The demand for water is expected to increase by ab...
Water scarcity for SA 14 Oct 2011 | 07:28 pm
Cape Town – Lack of water and food in South Africa is a critical threat as climate change takes hold, environmental organisations have warned. “It’s very hard to stipulate one major threat because yo...
Recycle 10 Oct 2011 | 06:19 pm
Johannesburg – Recycling needs to be more accessible as a way to dispose of waste, Deputy Water Affairs Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi said. “As we know, we are running out of landfill space and most o...
Access to safe water 4 Oct 2011 | 01:00 am
Pretoria – Statistics SA said on Tuesday that 93% of South African households in 2010 had access to safe water in 2010. This had improved from 88.7% in 2002, according to statistics in the General Ho...
Energy needs water 27 Sep 2011 | 01:08 am
Singapore – A Google search for “world water shortage” will produce more than four million results in 0.17 seconds. It will also use a tenth of a teaspoon of water, experts say. Given water’s role in...
Warning for SA rivers 19 Sep 2011 | 11:46 pm
Pretoria – Water affairs officials were unable to tell MPs on Wednesday whether the health of South Africa’s rivers was improving or worsening, but a rash of red spots across maps they presented sugge...
