Four water treatment plants across the country have halted operations after river flooding polluted the sources of the water they use. ALSO READ: Flood disaster: Kagame says “personally following up” on response effort. The Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC Ltd), on April 3 announced that some areas could face water supply disruption as a result. […]
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Residents say they’ve been without consistent water supply for three years Households in Zakheni Village near KwaMhlanga in Mpumalanga say they have been without consistent running water for about five years. Residents say they are tired of fetching water in buckets from neighbouring communities or buying drinking water. The Thembisile Hani Local Municipality acknowledges the […]
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on mining houses that have not registered their dams on the department’s database to submit their information in order to ensure compliance with dam safety regulations. The department is currently updating the database of all tailings or mine residue deposit dams in the country that meet […]
DWS calls on mines to register tailing dams on its database to ensure compliance with dam safety regulations The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is updating a database of all tailings or Mine residue deposit dams in the country that meet the requirements to be classified as Dams with a Safety Risk and is […]
The Government of the United States of America, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided US$ 2.1 million (approximately MKW 2.18 billion) and committed an additional US$ 400,000 (approximately MKW 415 million) to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to scale up the ongoing cholera outbreak response in Malawi. According to a […]
Families are still living in shacks next to their broken toilets Andile Ndulula, who uses crutches, is among 300 Kariega families who have been living in shacks next to toilets for seven years, waiting for the houses to be built around them. “When it rains, I carry an umbrella inside a toilet to relieve myself, […]
As residents celebrate the Eid-il-Fitr festival, Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, has appealed against indiscriminate waste disposal, reiterating its commitment to ensuring a clean and healthy environment during and after the festive season. The Managing Director, LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni, in a statement through, Director, Public Affairs, Kadiri Folashade, noted that waste management was an essential […]
Municipality has still not repaired damage caused by an electrical fire at the Ntuzuma Pump Station Thousands of homes in Ntuzuma, north of Durban, have been without running water for nearly three weeks after a fire caused extensive damage to the Ntuzuma Pump Station 2. The eThekwini Municipality says it is yet to appoint a […]
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Liberia: We Will Close the Leakages
-Alphonso Gaye vows to revive LWSC The newly appointed Managing Director of the Liberia Water & Sewer Corporation (LWSC), G. Alphonso Gaye, has pledged to close “all leakages” that are retarding the corporation’s revenue-generating capacity. Speaking Monday, April 17, 2023, to a cheerful workforce, friends, relatives and colleagues, Senator Gaye promised to do all he […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The issue of water stress and the best ways to deal with it took centre stage at a meeting on Friday evening between President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed and Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Abdelmonem Belati. They discussed the possibility of setting up a Saharan land development office drawing on […]
Some parts of Lagos are expected to experience water disruption following a trailer accident which occurred at Ogudu under-bridge, destroying properties worth millions of naira. The incident, City & Crime gathered, recorded no human casualty, but damaged water pipe, equipment and other valuable assets supplying water to Ogudu area and its environs of the state. […]
Tema — Customers in Tema alone owe the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) a total of GH¢140 million out of the about GH¢800 million owed by customers across the country. Out of the GH¢800 million, Accra and Tema alone share 60 per cent while the 40 per cent is owed by the remaining regions. The […]
Rainfall boost dam storage capacity as average national water levels demonstrate a slight rise The Department of Water and Sanitation’s weekly status of reservoirs illustrates that the country’s water levels have increased marginally when compared to the same period last week. This due to the recent rainfall experienced in most parts of the country in […]
Njombe — NJOMBE Regional Commissioner Anthony Mtaka has said there is absolutely no reason for the residents of Njombe Town Council to face shortage of clean and safe water because the region is endowed with abundant resources of fresh water. Mtaka made the statement on Monday while speaking to water stakeholders in the region. He […]
Walvis Bay — Discussions around Farm 37, which has been touted as a possible solution to Walvis Bay’s housing crisis, reached boiling point on Thursday. This was as councillors could not find common ground on the relocation of residents to the area earmarked to decongest the harbour town. Farm 37 was identified in 2016 by […]
Dodoma — THE Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office (Parliament, Policy and Coordination), George Simbachawene, has directed all regional administrative offices and councils to cooperate with Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RUWASA) to improve accessibility of water services. Water authorities have been instructed to ensure they meticulously treat water before supplying so that only clean […]
Co-chairperson of the President Taskforce on Covid-19 and Cholera, Dr. Wilfred Chalamira Nkhoma, has appealed to journalists to triple their efforts in disseminating information on the two pandemics. Nkhoma made the appeal in Salima on the sidelines of a day-long media orientation for journalists from the five highly affected districts of Blantyre, Lilongwe, Salima, Mangochi […]
Residents of the water-stressed sub counties of Bulamagi, Nakalama and Nakigo have reason to smile after a local NGO, Okoa Hero’s Child Ministries, in collaboration with Charity Water, secured Shs 400m worth of funding towards drilling of 50 boreholes in the three sub counties. According to the Program Director, Okoa Hero’s Child Ministries, Bashir Mutebi, […]