The City of Cape Town's water and sanitation department will fork out R13 billion over the next 10 years as it kickstarts its river clean-up programme. | TamiaRetief Lisaleesolomon1
Earlier this week, the City and the City of Paris in France conducted a bilateral virtual meeting to discuss this, following Paris' recent completion of its river-clean programme.
The topic was"Swimming in the Seine River, possible lessons for Cape Town", and the aim was to educate and exchange knowledge between the City of Paris, the City of Cape Town, and water academics/specialists on water sanitation.Western Cape municipality asks residents to boil water as load shedding hits treatment plants
According to Lansdowne, the Seine River underwent an extreme clean-up as part of the City of Paris' preparations for the 2024 Olympics, so that Parisians can swim safely in it.We did not have to wait for a big global event like the Olympics to have an inland water quality and sanitation programme. This [river clean-up] will ensure we have good sewage infrastructure as Cape Town grows and protect our environment for biodiversity and people.
And it seems the goal was accomplished because many of the City's water specialists and engineers were able to connect on a"technical level" when comparing Cape Town and Paris' water sanitation problems, he said.Generators, incentives and tenders: Cape Town forges ahead with load shedding protection plans
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