GOOD statement by Lulama Benge
GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor
15 October 2024
In September the City announced it is embarking on feasibility studies to investigate the most suitable options for construction, financing and operations of the planned Paarden Eiland Desalination Plant as well as the Faure New Water Scheme, for purified recycled water. However the feasibility studies appear to be a check-box on route to Cape Town’s first permanent desalination plant in 2028.
GOOD does not deny the crucial need to secure our water supply. But we are deeply concerned as to why the city is continuing down the desalination path when it has been proven that the financial and environmental costs are too high…