The Bitou Municipality has put out a tender for the construction of a desalination plant.
The Water Affairs Department and the municipality have signed an agreement for the release of R20,000,000 to construct the plant in drought-stricken Plettenberg Bay.
A similar plant opened in Sedgefield near Knysna a few months ago.
The municipality’s
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According to the Green Drop report, compiled by the water affairs ministry, only 45 percent of waste-water systems assessed scored more than 50 percent.
This means sewage is not being adequately treated in most of SA’s 850 treatment works. Insufficiently treated water is discharged into local river systems, affecting downstream users such
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South Africa is heading for a water deficit of between 17 percent and 30 percent in 2030 – and needs to invest R2.8 billion per year to prevent shortages, according to a global water report.
Its best-case scenario it projects a water shortfall in two decades of 2.9 billion cubic meters, rising to 3.8 billion cubic
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The Western Cape is facing its first “full-scale disaster” as a severe drought shows signs of worsening in the Eden District in the southern Cape.
Local government MEC Anton Bredell told journalists in Cape Town on Wednesday that the province has recommended the district be declared a disaster area.
“We are facing a big disaster,” Bredell said.
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