Sea water for Cape residents

By Melanie Gosling
Environment Affairs

Capetonians could be drinking desalinated seawater in four years’ time when our growing demand for water will have exhausted current supplies.

And because desalination is expensive, the cost of Cape Town’s water will increase.

This emerged at a pre-budget briefing yesterday where Water and Environment Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said her [...]

Desalination brings relief to drought-striction Knysna

The Knysna Municipality is a step ahead of other coastal towns in the Southern Cape that are currently experiencing the worst drought recorded in 132 years. The completion of a desalination plant is contributing greatly in the battle to produce enough water for household use.

On a daily basis, the plant purifies 1.5 mega litres [...]