News and Speeches for Department of Water Affairs (National) | Western Cape Government

News and Speeches for Department of Water Affairs (National)

Weedbuster Week in the Western Cape

10 October 2007

The awareness against the spread of invasive alien plants in the Western Cape Region is reaching the targeted public domain. Read More

3/4 Full Dams, Authorities Still Urge Public to Use Water Sparingly

3 July 2007

The Berg River Dam as part of the Berg Water Project (BWP) is now nearing completion and will be storing water, and be linked to the Regional Water Supply System. Read More

Eradicating the Bucket System in the Western Cape

25 March 2007

One thousand two hundred (1200) households in the Western Cape are stuck with no basic sanitation facilities. Government is working hard to ensure that the December 2007 Presidential target of removing this bucket system in all formal areas is met. Read More

Resource Poor Farmers Benefit from Water Sector Transformation

19 March 2007

Water is a constitutional right and the National Water Act of 1998, guides the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry to provide water more equitably to all races, creed and gender. Read More