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Citizen-Led Water Tests Reveal Alarming Contamination Across South Africa | SA News

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za
3-minute read | 19 December 2025

📸 Communities Take Action: Citizen-led water tests reveal widespread contamination across South Africa, urging urgent municipal intervention to safeguard public health. Image credit: WaterCAN

A nationwide citizen science initiative has uncovered disturbing levels of water contamination, raising urgent public health concerns in South Africa. The Annual WaterCAN Citizen Science Water Testing Week, led by Dr Ferrial Adams, revealed that unsafe drinking water is not confined to rural areas but is a national risk impacting all nine provinces.

“Unsafe water is not a localised or rural problem, but a national risk…

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