Dirty sea water brings Cape Town desalination plant to a halt | GroundUp_News
The R60m V&A Waterfront desalination plant has been sitting dormant since February.
QFS is now in the process of suing the City for breach of contract and related damages after a mediation period concluded with no settlement on 8 April. Smit said the disputes began in February last year, one month into the two-year contract. After conducting its own water characterisation report, QFS noticed that its results did not match the City’s feed water specifications provided in the tender.
"The City does not want to pay QFS for the additional costs incurred and also penalised QFS for underproduction because of the dirty feed water," Smit said."In hiding the City’s negligence they expect the contractor to pay for the mistakes in the tender document."
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