The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has urged municipalities to adopt best practices used by the City of Cape Town (COCT) in managing wastewater to ensure a sustainable and cleaner environment.
This after the committee received a briefing from both the Department of Water and Sanitation and the City of Cape Town.
Subsequently, the committee decided that struggling municipalities across the country can engage the COCT for benchmarking purposes for them to turn the tide of poor wastewater management.
“The Department of Water and Sanitation together with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs must encourage municipalities to interact and resolve this old challenge in the country,” said Leon Basson, the chairperson of the committee.
“It is only through collaboration and sharing of best practice that communities will be saved from overflowing untreated water into the environment which has a negative impact on the ecosystem.”
While the committee
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