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BlogSA’s drinking water quality has dropped due to defective infrastructure, neglect The current cholera outbreak in the country should, therefore, come as no surprise. A water tankers fills a Jojo tank at at Pasco, Phase 9 in Vrededorp near Brixton on 24 March 2023....

South Africa is a country located at the Southern Tip of Africa. About twice the size of Texas it is home to 60 million people. This country has been stricken by affects from the long standing apartheid to the devastation that diseases such as HIV/AIDS and TB have...

Many boreholes in South Africa have a certain level of iron and manganese in them. Iron bacteria feed off this iron and manganese, using them as energy sources. These bacteria are found on surface water and in the soil and can easily infiltrate your borehole. Iron...

In today’s uncertain times having a borehole is no longer a luxury. With the threat of global warming and the escalating decay of our water infrastructure, our access to clean, potable water is in jeopardy. Internationally, there has been a move towards private water...

Currently The COVID-19 virus has not been detected in drinking water. Conventional water treatment methods that use filtration and disinfection, such as those in most municipal drinking water systems, should remove or inactivate the virus that causes COVID-19. There...

South Africans urged to become more aware of their water footprints    © Reuse this BY: ANINE VERMEULEN CREAMER MEDIA SENIOR STAFF WRITER   It is predicted that, in the next five years, water demand could outstrip supply in South Africa, says Nedbank...