Steve Kretzmann

2 days ago | groundup.org.za | Steve Kretzmann

Criminal investigations, civil litigation, lifestyle audits, and disciplinary action loom large as SIU probes dodgy water sector contracts The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) presented findings on five current water sector probes to Parliament on Wednesday. Under investigation is the Department of Water and Sanitation, water boards, and the Ethekwini Municipality. Fraud, uttering, irregular contracts, and ballooning budgets were par for the course, said the SIU.

2 days ago | ewn.co.za | Steve Kretzmann

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is pursuing civil litigation to set aside and recover all payments made for a contract involving repairs to a critical pump station, and the design, supply, and installation of a water treatment plant in Mpumalanga. The Grootfontein pump station is critical to supply water via a wider dam system to numerous power stations, while Grootdraai pumps water from the Grootdraai dam near Standerton.

6 days ago | foodformzansi.co.za | Steve Kretzmann

As billions of litres of untreated or partially treated sewage are released into South Africa’s watercourses every day, scientists have found our vegetables are being contaminated by irrigation from rivers and boreholes. Professor Lise Korsten of the University of Pretoria told Parliament’s portfolio committee on agriculture in January that irrigation water was “not fit-for-purpose” for food production and that fixing the quality of irrigation water should be a national priority.

1 week ago | bizcommunity.com | Steve Kretzmann

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist. Scientists at the University of Pretoria have found that fresh vegetables are being contaminated by disease-causing bacteria through irrigation from polluted rivers and boreholes. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp Researchers at the University of Pretoria have found pathogens on leafy vegetables from both commercial and small-scale, informal farms.

1 week ago | groundup.org.za | Steve Kretzmann

Quality of irrigation water should be a national priority, says scientist Researchers at the University of Pretoria have found pathogens on leafy vegetables from both commercial and small-scale, informal farms. The researchers have linked the pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria to irrigation water from rivers and boreholes. Almost half the samples analysed were resistant to at least three different types of antibiotics.