Colleen Gordon writes: Good day I live in Bishop Lavis and they have installed these new water meters, where they give you 350 units everyday. Since they started with this people have been complaining, because they do not get these units everyday. A house hold of two people who is working have been complaining that every second day they don't have water and when they phone Desmond Leander, the person who handed who is in charge he tells them that there are too many people there and they … [Read more...]
City upgrades water main in Simon’s Town Main Road
16 April, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The City of Cape Town's Water and Sanitation Department has begun the first phase of upgrading the water main (pipe) in Simon's Town Main Road as part of its pipe replacement programme. [ad#Google Adsense 125x125 Blog Post]This is the preparatory stage of a further infrastructural upgrade planned for the near future. The objective of the pipe replacement programme is to replace the deteriorating components of the City's water distribution network as determined through international … [Read more...]
City spends millions on replacing burst water pipes each year
5 February, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The City is using its recently approved mid-term adjustment budget of R54,2 million to replace pipes in Cape Town's water network - in the first six months of the current financial year, it has already replaced some 21 km of pipes. Water pipes are replaced when they have burst, largely because of ground movement, particularly where they have been laid in clay and cohesive soils. They may also burst because of inadequate compaction, or where certain types of trees are incorrectly planted over … [Read more...]
Brown water at Muizenberg natural and not a cause for concern
30 January, 2010 By Leave a Comment
After receiving complaints about the colour of the sea water at Muizenberg, the City would like to emphasise that this phenomenon is caused by a naturally occurring sea water algae and not because of ‘Khayelitsha sewerage' or ‘effluent from the waste water treatment works on the Cape Flats' as is often speculated. Although the colour of sea water is often a cause for concern by bathers, it is generally caused by a variety of reasons - all natural. The brown colour of the water seen … [Read more...]
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Cape Town’s water comes out tops
21 December, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The City of Cape Town was one of only three South African municipalities to receive a 100% score in the Blue Drop Certificate for Drinking Water Quality at the second Drinking Water Quality Conference held in Port Elizabeth in May this year. This means that residents of Cape Town can be sure that the water in their taps is of good quality and is safe to drink. The Blue Drop Certification process is the latest intervention for water quality assurance introduced by the Department of Water … [Read more...]
NSRI Call for Sensible Behaviour on our Waters and Coast this Festive Season
11 December, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In two seperate incidents over the past week massive search and rescue operations have been carried out in Cape Town unnecessarily. As crowds begin to flock to the beaches and waterways and boaters and paddlers launch in larger than normal numbers the NSRI are appealing for sensible and responsible behaviour on our waters, inland and coastal. On Sunday night, 06th December, at 22h00, a massive search and rescue operation ensued after a vehicle was found parked after normal closing time at … [Read more...]
Cape Town’s new 34m pipeline will save water
27 November, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Work has been completed on a new pipeline that will distribute treated effluent water from the City of Cape Town's Athlone Wastewater Treatment Works to surrounding areas. "Despite Cape Town's rapid growth in population and industrial expansion we showed a significant 26% saving in water usage by the end of the previous financial year on 30 June and the new pipeline will help us improve on that figure," says Alderman Clive Justus, Mayoral Committee Member for Utility Services. "Five years … [Read more...]
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