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10 Municipalities

The blame game : Harties sewage spill

Following last year ’ s devastating sewage spill into Hartbeespoort Dam , various government entities have denied responsibility and it seems unlikely that anyone will be held accountable .

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14 Infrastructure

Ingula finally set to come on-stream

Africa ’ s newest and largest pumped storage scheme is about to go into commercial operation this year — four years behind schedule and just about R27-billion over budget .

20 Industry

SA looks to retrofit for hydropower

As few suitable sites remain for the construction of new hydropower plants , government is thinking about retrofitting existing water infrastructure .

26 Environment

Technologies for legionella control in premise plumbing systems

Water , Sewage and Effluent reproduces this summary in the interest of plumbers and engineers understanding their critical role in safeguarding the health of people .

The iceman cometh

Ice pigging in the water industry , developed by the University of Bristol , have since been commercialised and is being used in 11 countries to assist with the cleaning of drinking-water pipelines .

34 Tech news 38 Networking

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