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WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Apr 7, 2011 / in Blog Articles

South Africa’s 850 municipal water treatment plants treat 7.6 billion litres of waste (industrial, sewage etc) per day…that amounts to more than 150 litres per person daily…almost all wasted. This country cannot afford to allow this water to be wasted, instead, it should be viewed not as waste but as a resource. As an example the Durban Water Recycing (DWR) project, purifies 40 000 m3/d of biologically treated municipal wastewater daily and sells the water to major industrial users for industrial processes.

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CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION

Mar 29, 2011 / in Blog Articles

Not only is water running out worldwide but it’s getting more and more polluted, dirtier and dirtier by the day. There are four main categories of the causes of water pollution: municipal, industrial, mining, and agricultural. And water pollutants are either organic or inorganic.

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OUR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Mar 10, 2011 / in Blog Articles

Filcon Filters believe that we have a responsibility to care for and protect the environment in which we operate. We are fully committed to improving environmental performance across all our business activities, and will encourage our business partners and members of the wider community to join us in this effort. We are especially concerned about the decline of water quality in South African and believe we are contributing to raising the standard by promoting and distributing filtration equipment and water treatment systems.

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