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...

 Municipalities are now the biggest water polluter in South Africa. It is estimated that since 2017, 50,000 litres of sewage seeps into our rivers every second. According to an article by Anja du Plessis, an associate professor at Unisa, in Johannesburg the water crisis can be attributed to poo...

WaterCAN, an initiative of Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), has recently conducted testing of water quality at various public points around the City of Johannesburg. 

The first batch of testing was conducted in Cosmo City, Chartwell, Diepsloot, Morningside, Linbro Park, Lindhurst, Linksfie...