ActionSA has threatened legal action to challenge the permit allowing the City of Cape Town to pump wastewater into the ocean. | nickymccain
A political party has threatened a legal battle to challenge the permit allowing the City of Cape Town to pump wastewater into the ocean.
The party sounded the alarm over the approval of coastal waters discharge permits issued for the marine outfalls in Hout Bay, Camps Bay and Green Point. The permit allows the release of screened sewage into the ocean at Green Point, Hout Bay and Camps Bay via pipes about 1.7km, 1.2km and 1km out to sea and about 32m, 35m and 28m deep, respectively.Cape Town to fork out R150k a month per generator to keep sewage pumps running during load shedding
DFFE said the City had commissioned a study to assess the impact of the effluent on the receiving environment. Winter referenced research published in December that found the outfalls impacted marine-protected areas in Camps Bay.
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