More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann
Steve Kretzmann – 9 February 2-24
City to deal with the 32-million litres of raw sewage it pumps out to sea every day
The City of Cape Town has released various plans to deal with the 32-million litres of raw sewage it currently releases into the Atlantic every day.
A feasibility study to treat the sewage to environmentally acceptable standards before pumping it out to sea has been presented to the City…
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