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The City’s Faure and Steenbras Water Treatment Plants (WTP) excelled with above-average quality drinking water according to the 2023 Blue Drop Watch Report that was released by the National Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Tuesday 6 June.

In April last year, the department's Green Drop report identified 334 wastewater systems in a critical condition in 90 municipalities.

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The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has issued non-compliance notices to 90 municipalities instructing them to correct the shortcomings identified in the Green Drop Report.

Correction action plans for only 168 of the 344 municipal wastewater systems that were found to be in a critical state by the 2022 Green Drop report have been submitted to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). Following the publication of the Green Drop Certification Programme report, in April 2022, the DWS issued non-compliance notices to 90 municipalities, requesting the municipalities to submit corrective action plans to address the shortcomings identified in the Green Drop report.

Water reports warned about aging infrastructure, policy inconsistencies, improper planning, misappropriation of funds, and a lack of capacity.

The 2023 Blue Drop Watch Report has revealed that there has been a deterioration in drinking water quality since the last blue drop report was done.

The Department of Water and Sanitation’s Blue and Green Drop Reports show that microbiological and chemical compliance are lacking in our drinking water

Despite a sample of the Vaal River water testing positive for cholera, the Department of Water and Sanitation sought to allay residents fears.

Drinking water has been dirty for at least three years, the Department of Water and Sanitation’s own tests show.