The Blue Drop, Green Drop and No Drop reports released today (Tuesday 5 December) by the Department of Water and Sanitation show a deterioration in quality controls across the country. While Minister Senzo Mchunu seems reluctant to call the water situation a crisis, WaterCAN believes it is indeed a ...

WaterCAN, an initiative of the  Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), calls on the Gauteng water authorities to make their water infrastructure plans public, with detailed spending and timelines. 

This would provide clarity for the public on what infrastructure is being built, how much it ...

Gauteng authorities are blaming each other over water problems instead of working together to resolve the issues. WaterCAN, an initiative of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), calls for a focus on resolving the water issues, providing the public with accurate information and for accountabili...

WaterCAN disappointed over yet another postponement of Sasol environmental case

Delays in legal proceedings hinder both justice and the vital environmental cleanup process

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WaterCAN, an initiative of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), has expressed deep disappointment that the c...

On Freedom Day last year the generator at the Goudkoppies Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) broke down, so sewage inflow had to be rerouted to nearby Bushkoppies WWTW during power cuts. 

Less than two weeks later, cable theft at Goudkoppies and still no generator meant that all inflow was rerout...

  The extremely high level of failure of the country’s various water service authorities and water service providers to supply the national water department with timely data on the state of their water resources is precisely the type of inaction that will lead to water-borne disease outbreaks b...