7.5bn litres of waste water a day by sewage works

Cape Town – The government on it has for years failed to properly regulate municipal sewage works, many of which are discharging untreated or only partially-treated human waste into rivers around the country.

“The regulation function was to some extent neglected,” water affairs acting chief director of regulations Helgard Muller told members of Parliament’s water affairs

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R23bn needed to fix SA's sewerage works!

Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has asked the Treasury for a staggering R23 billion over the next six years to fix waste water treatment works that need “urgent” attention.

Sonjica said yesterday the bill for refurbishing the plants could rise even higher, as the figure was an estimate. She said that while there was reason for

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