| Six days left: Share your voice on desalination plant study | Six days left: Share your voice on desalination plant study | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/City%20news.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p>The City has completed the feasibility study to determine the most feasible service delivery mechanism and contracting model for the implementation and operation of the planned Paarden Eiland Desalination Plant. All residents and stakeholders are invited to comment on the outcome of the feasibility study, which will determine how the City’s first desalination plant will be built, operated and maintained. Comments are open until 31 August 2025.</p> | <p>The City is committed to achieving its ambitious commitment to produce 300 million litres of new water from new water sources by 2032. The New Water Programme will ensure that 11% of Cape Town’s water supply will be sourced from seawater desalination to help meet a growing demand and improve resilience.</p>
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<h4>About permanent desalination:</h4><ul><li>Desalination is a
<strong>technological process solution</strong> to remove salts from sea water, then processing it further to make it suitable and safe for human consumption.</li><li>In the face of climate change, unpredictable rainfall and a growing population, this proposed plant forms part of the City's various water augmentation projects
<strong>in the City's New Water Programme (NWP) and Water Strategy,</strong> which aims to diversify drinking water supply resources and build a resilient future supply.</li><li>The planned permanent desalination plant is expected to produce between
<strong>50 and 70 million litres of water per day</strong>. Overall, the
<a href="https://www.capetown.gov.za/general/cape-town-water-strategy"> Water Strategy</a> aims to increase the city's water supply by an additional 300 million litres from diversified sources.</li></ul><p>The Constitution requires that municipalities must provide water services to communities. The City is the designated water services authority and owns all existing and planned water services infrastructure in Cape Town. We also currently operate all of our drinking water supply systems. The City will remain the owner of the desalination plant. However, the complex nature and cost of a sustainable desalination plant require us to explore the feasibility of all potential options to construct and/or operate this project for a period.</p><p>
<span class="cf0"><font face="Consolas"> </font></span></p><p>In line with the legal requirements under section 78(3)(b)(iii) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000, the City held two community meetings in February 2025 to get community input on the implementation and operational options it explored through a feasibility study. Your comments and concerns have been received. In terms of section 120(6)(b) of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 56 of 2003, the City is now encouraging residents to submit their inputs regarding the outcome of the feasibility study.</p><h4>Some key points and recommendations in the study are: </h4><ul>
<li>The recommended procurement model for the project is an external service delivery mechanism delivered through a Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).</li><li>The recommended PPP structure is for the private party to design, finance, build, operate and maintain the plant for 20 years before transferring it to the City.</li><li>The plant will remain City-owned.</li><li>The unique risk profile of desalination projects makes these facilities particularly well-suited to benefit from a PPP.</li></ul><p>The full report can be accessed <a href="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20research%20reports%20and%20review/CCT-DSL1-FS-ReportontheFeasibilityStudy.pdf" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p><p>‘Even though this part of the public participation process does not require any face-to-face engagements, the City will host one in person public participation session in order to ensure that this process is as fair and transparent as possible. Your valuable input will help shape the final feasibility study before it is considered by Council in December 2025,’ said Councillor Badroodien.</p><h4>
Submit your comments by Sunday, 31 August 2025:</h4><ul><li>Email: <a href="mailto:public.participation@capetown.gov.za" target="_blank">public.participation@capetown.gov.za</a> </li><li>Online: <a href="http://www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay" target="_blank">www.capetown.gov.za/haveyoursay</a> </li><li>Deliver your written comments by hand to your nearest Sub-councils office: <a href="https://bit.ly/3CUlnKW">https://bit.ly/3CUlnKW</a> </li><li></li><li>Caption: The proposed site location for the Paarden Eiland Desalination Plant.</li></ul><p>
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