WaterCAN, an initiative of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), and Durban-based non-profit Adopt-a-River have written to the eThekwini Municipality to immediately address the dangerously high levels of E-coli in the Umbilo River. 

Over the past few months, WaterCAN has tested the quality of water in the Umbilo River in eThekwini and the Klein Jukskei River in Johannesburg, and found critical levels of E.coli from sewage in both. The International Day of Action For Rivers on 14 March focuses on saving, celebrating and creating...

WaterCAN and the Johannesburg Water Crisis Committee (JWCC) believe that the City of Johannesburg’s water entity, Johannesburg Water, is not addressing the water crisis with the urgency it requires and is not keeping the public informed. WaterCAN is an initiative of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abus...

WaterCAN, a water-focused initiative driven by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and Adopt-a-River, a KZN based non-profit organisation working on key waterways, have joined hands on one of Durban’s key river systems. The two groups of water activists have committed to undertake a series of ...

The 2022 theme for World Toilet Day on 19 November is “making the invisible visible” as the focus is on sewage spills into groundwater. In South Africa, sewage pollution is anything but invisible and in the past year, much has been said and written about it. 

Since 2013, the United Nations obser...

The Auditor-General (AG) report to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation on the water board finances for 2020/21 once again highlights what we already know – our water and sanitation is in a dire state. 

Since the last report there has been minimal change and not enough culpri...

Water entities should focus on strategies for collecting outstanding debt and improving efficiencies – such as linking executive pay to successful collections – before introducing new costs and charges, says the Water Community Action Network (WaterCAN). WaterCAN, an initiative of OUTA, submitted it...

All levels of government can no longer ignore the water infrastructure crisis that leaves communities across the country, and now in Gauteng, with unreliable water supply. Rand Water’s briefing on the Gauteng water crisis on 21 October 2022 must be welcomed and the CEO must be applauded for an open ...

Tap water may be safe to drink in some urban areas, but raw water sources such as streams, rivers and dams have high levels of E. Coli and coliform bacteria. This is the finding from a recent water testing week by Water Community Action Network (WaterCAN), an initiative of the Organisation Undoing T...