Spring changes your water Spring is when farms fertilise, irrigation starts, and the first heavy rains of the season wash across the land. For households on boreholes, rainwater tanks or springs, this is when water quality can change quickly and without warning. Nitrates from fertiliser seep into groundwater. Runoff carries Read more
2026/09/23 | TCSC News Our Founder and Director, Lesley Mukwada, recently joined hosts Karine and Morgan on Inner Circle Stories, the podcast produced by TheRockGroup in collaboration with Sustainable and Inclusive Business. The series focuses on circular solutions and the move away from a linear economy toward a sustainable, inclusive Read more
When The Chemistry Solutions Company (TCSC) entered the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) South Africa, it wasn’t just competing for recognition — it was putting its entire business model through a stress test. The result: TCSC finished as South Africa’s runner-up, a validation of years spent building affordable, accurate water Read more
Spring Agricultural & Irrigation Water Testing | BioRestore™ Treatment Technology Spring brings a seasonal spike in wastewater volumes for agri-processing operations — fruit packhouses ramping up, abattoirs and dairies running at higher throughput, and irrigation return flows carrying nutrient and organic loads back into the system. For environmental managers, this Read more
If you’ve seen “SANS 241” mentioned on a water report, a tender document, or a certification requirement and weren’t quite sure what it meant, you’re not alone. Here’s the plain-English version. What SANS 241 actually is SANS 241 is the South African National Standard for Drinking Water Quality. It’s the Read more
If you’ve typed “is tap water safe Cape Town” into a search bar, you’re probably not panicking — you’re just trying to make a sensible decision for your household. Here’s a straight answer, without the scaremongering. The short version Cape Town’s municipal water supply is treated and regularly monitored against Read more
Load-shedding, water restrictions, and rising municipal tariffs have pushed thousands of Cape Town households and businesses toward borehole water over the past few years. But unlike municipal supply, borehole water isn’t automatically monitored or treated — which means the responsibility for knowing it’s safe falls entirely on you. Why borehole Read more
Choosing the right filtration media is one of the most consequential — and most frequently underestimated — decisions in designing a water treatment system. Get it right, and a plant runs efficiently for years with predictable maintenance cycles. Get it wrong, and the result is premature media exhaustion, poor water Read more
TCSC Corporate Gifting Series · Gifts That Matter. Gifts With Impact. · August 2026 Most corporate gifts are designed to answer one question: did the recipient notice the brand? It is a reasonable question. It is not the most useful one. The most useful question is the one asked after Read more
A technical buyer’s guide from The Chemistry Solutions Company (TCSC) Access to reliable drinking water testing is often the deciding factor between a successful WASH intervention and a costly failure. For NGOs, municipalities, mining operations, disaster-response agencies, and government departments running decentralised water programmes, a fixed laboratory isn’t always an Read more
