DWS will implement enforcement measures to deal with substandard drinking water in Tshwane
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The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will tighten compliance and enforcement measures against the City of Tshwane (CoT) until it complies with its obligation to deal with low effluent standards and provide safe drinking water to affected communities.
Andre Potgieter, a representative of farmers and residents in the north of the City of Tshwane complains about dirty water and he feels that the Department of Water and Sanitation is not doing enough to solve the problem. Picture: Bongani Shilubane/ African News Agency (ANA)
Department blamed for Tshwaneâs dirty water
By Rapula Moatshe
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Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has been fingered as a contributor to the untreated raw sewage discharged from the wastewater treatment works into the rivers across the City of Tshwane.
This was according to the SA Human Rights Commission manager in Gauteng, Buang Jones, who hosted an inquiry into water quality at the rivers running through some parts of the municipality on Friday at Kameeldrift.
Mthokozisi Maphumulo writes that the likelihood of a string of civil claims is realistic following the release of the SAHRC's report into the sewage report on the Vaal River.
PREMIUM! Raw sewage flowing into the Vaal River from pump stations in the Emfuleni municipality‚ posing environmental and health risks. Communities affected by the pollution include Vereeniging‚ Sebokeng‚ Boipatong and Sharpeville. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
Pollution along the Vaal River, dam and barrage systems has been deemed a human rights violation, attributed to the Emfuleni Local Municipality, an inquiry conducted by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) announced on Wednesday. The SAHRC first noted ongoing pollution leaking into the Vaal River from Rietspruit Wastewater Treatment Works in Vanderbijlpark, Leewkuil Wastewater Treatment Works in Vereeniging, and other areas within Emfuleni in 2018. The 19 million residents dependent on the Vaal River are now confirmed to be at serious risk due to being exposed to pollution and raw sewage, a series of inactions which have resulted,.