Tag: South Africa
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South Africa nuclear plant to install desal unit amid worsening water crisis
South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom is to install a desalination unit at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, as water shortages in Cape Town hit crisis levels, reports South Africa’s News24.com.
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South Africa fosters public-private co-operation on desalination
Talks on building a large scale desalination plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, have begun between Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, beer maker SABMiller, and salt producer Marina Sea Salt, reports Construction Review Online.
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Hitachi to demo integrated desalination and reuse system in South Africa
Hitachi has been selected to run a demonstration project for RemixWater, its integrated seawater desalination and water reuse system, in South Africa.
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Call for innovations in water, women and agriculture
The US, Netherlands, South Africa, and Sweden have again joined forces to offer millions of dollars to innovators who enhance food productivity by improving water efficiency in agriculture.
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Namibia looks to finance four new desal plants, as row develops over price of existing supplies: reports
The Namibian government is seeking private investors to finance the development of four desalination plants on the west coast of Namibia, reports Bloomberg.
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UF solution to rural water supplies?
Sub-Saharan Africa is not a region generally associated with membrane technology, but that is now changing. Desalination projects are already appearing in, for example, South Africa and Ghana, and South Africa is fast developing its own technologies. Water treatment manufacturer Ikusasa is developing its own UF modules both for rural water supply and for desalination…
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South African desalination project comes under press fire
Water supplier for South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, Umgeni Water, is considering a proposal to build a seawater desalination plant on the Illovo River within the next five years to cope with growing demand in its Upper South Coast region.
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Kwazulu-Natal district consults on seawater desalination
The Ugu district municipality on South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal south coast is exploring the possibility of desalination amid a “dire” water shortage.
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South Africa’s Cape ponders desalination as water crisis grips
The provincial government of South Africa’s Western Cape is looking to water reclamation and seawater desalination as it considers its options for securing water amid a serious crisis.
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South Africa looks to the sea
South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation is considering desalinating seawater to help ease the country’s water problems as it struggles amid its worst drought in more than 20 years.