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City’s long-term water security boosted with first groundwater into Steenbras Dam

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The City’s Directorate of Water says the Table Mountain-aquifer water-project, will further boost Cape Town’s water-security.

The project, situated next to the Steenbras Dam, is now in operation and pumps ground-water from the aquifer, delivering millions of litre of water to the City’s water-supply.

Once fully-completed, it will provide up to 8-percent of the Mother City’s daily water-need.

Mayco-member at the Directorate, Xanthea Limberg says the project forms part of the Cape Town Water Strategy, launced during the 2016/2017 drought.

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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