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Creating access to  potable water

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Manufacture and marketer of water and gas equipment Intaka Tech aims to provide sufficient potable water to spatially distributed or periurban communities with its water purification plants (WPPs).  

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Demand exceeding supply in Durban

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eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS) is currently busy with three concurrent water projects that aim to increase the availability of, and access to, potable water in the eThekwini municipal area.

By: Petronel Smit

12 Mar 10

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Increasing demand for bottled water locally

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Market research house BMI Foodpack reports that bottled water is the second-fastest growing beverage in the country and this industry, which is currently worth about R3-billion, is expected to growth by 4,2% by 2013.

By: Petronel Smit

12 Mar 10

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Local company tackles infrastructure challenges

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Inadequate and fragile infrastructure could do more harm to a large number of people in the short term than current global warming concerns, designer, manufacturer and distributor of piping and related products Rare group marketing director...

By: Petronel Smit

12 Mar 10

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R120m sewage  treatment works for CT

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Multidisciplinary engineering and science consultancy GIBB recently completed the R120-million Helderberg coastal sewerage project for the disposal of sewage within the Helderberg area at the end of 2009.

By: Petronel Smit

12 Mar 10

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Reuse of water critical

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Ground engineering and environmental services group Golder Associates business unit leader of environmental technology Dr Ralph Heath says that the reuse of water is the most effective short term solution to assist with water supply in water...

By: Petronel Smit

12 Mar 10

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Water security still SA’s top challenge

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The Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) reports that water security is a significant challenge for the local water sector, with currently from only 35% to 40% of river runoff water being harnessed, leaving the rest to flow into the ocean.

By: Petronel Smit

12 Mar 10

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Association punts environmental stewardship

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The South African National Bottled Water Association's (Sanbwa's) environmental committee has issued the association's members with guidelines aimed at improving environmental stewardship.

By: Beth Shirley

13 Mar 09

Topics in these articles

City	Company	Country	Industry Term
Natal DURBAN Phoenix Pinetown Umhlanga Waterloo Westville Cape Town	Intaka Tech WPP BMI Foodpack Xylopipe Eskom Heartland Properties Hydropower Golder Associates PETCo	South Africa Democratic Republic Of Congo Ghana Zambia Swaziland	Appropriate Services Gas Equipment Beverage Beverage Market Beverage Packaging Beverage Packaging Materials Harmful Chemicals Plastics Repeated-use Food Review Food Inadequate And Fragile Infrastructure Piping And Related  products Trenchless Technologies Bulk Sewerage Services Private Developer Project Management Services Sewerage Network Environmental Services Environmental Technology Industrial And Mining Sources Quality Management Short-term Solution Improved Water Resource Infrastructure Bottled Water Product Effluent Management Energy Energy Resources Oil Steel
Person	Technology	Region	Natural Feature
Rodrigo Savoi Alan Kee Andrew Copley Neil Macleod Charlotte Metcalf Allistair Balutto Chris Hegley Ralph Heath	Relevant Technology Aqualiner Technology Cured-in-place Pipeline Technology Trenchless Pipeline Technologies Wastewater Treatment	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lourens River Crocodile West/Marico River Vaal River
Province Or State	Facility
Cape Town Eastern Cape	Water Institute Of Southern Africa