Johannesburg Water has confirmed that an earthy compound called geosmin has been detected in the drinking water supplied to residents of the City of Johannesburg however the substance is not harmful to human health. In a statement released on...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says it believes the City of Cape Town’s proposed drought levy is the result of failed cooperative governance and a lack of the City’s ability to hold national authorities to account. The City of Cape Town...
The City of Cape Town last week started drilling to abstract groundwater from the Cape Flats aquifer as part of its ongoing efforts to mitigate the drought. Speaking at a site visit in Mitchells Plain last week, Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille...
The City of Cape Town is expediting the roll-out of water pressure management technology as part of its drought relief measures. The municipality has identified 25 areas across the city that could benefit from this technology over the next three...
