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Some relief for Tshwane residents after city centre water declared safe

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The foaming Hennops River, polluted by poorly or untreated sewage from the Sunderland Ridge treatment works. Archive photo: Seth Thorne
Residents in central Pretoria’ and surrounding areas are able to drink their tap water again after last week’s precautionary advisory to boil water supplied by the Findlay Reservoir.
The City of Tshwane said on Saturday that microbiological testing confirmed that tap water for residents in Pretoria Central, Arcadia, Sunnyside, Marabastad and surrounds was safe to drink again.
A broken municipal sewer pipe in the Groenkloof Nature Reserve had spilt raw sewage into the already polluted Apies River. This contaminated the groundwater drawn by the Upper and Lower Fountains springs, which feeds the Findlay water treatment works (WTW).
Department of Water…

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