Green Point, where one of the City of Cape Town’s three marine outfalls is located. (Photo: Jean Tresfon)
By Kristin Engel – 13 Mar 2025 3
Coastal sewage discharge continues to raise alarm with non-compliance found in recent monitoring at marine outfalls in Cape Town. The City maintains that despite the non-compliance, outfalls continue to operate ‘largely within their regulatory parameters’.
The City of Cape Town is under increasing pressure to address long-standing concerns over its marine outfalls in Camps Bay, Green Point and Hout Bay, which pump millions of litres of sewage into the ocean daily…