Cape Town Residents Call for Swifter Leak Repair

eNCA’s Kevin Brandt reports that Cape Town residents have called on local authorities for swift leak repairs to permanently resolve recurring water and sewage problems.

City bosses say an increasing population places extra pressure on water demand, while ageing infrastructure adds to the problems. The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Department has achieved 94-point-one-percent capital spend of its R3.7 billion budget for the 2024/2025 financial year.

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READ: Cape Town’s Water & Sanitation. What the September Agenda Tried to Hide

Meanwhile Grant Pascoe writes on Bruinou.com that Cape Town faces a water and sanitation crisis as the September agenda of the Portfolio Committee masks budget failures and revenue collapse.

The Future of Water Imagined

In a Future Water Crisis in Cape Town 200 years from now, as imagined by Angelo C Louw, Khadijah’s journey in Atlantis unfolds in Above and Beyond the Water’s Edge from the book POWER: Short Stories.
We could get there sooner if water is wasted at this rate and the City of Cape Town does not effect swifter leak repairs.

Also Read: Above and Beyond the Water’s Edge – POWER: Short Stories Book Excerpt