Water safe to drink, City lifts precautionary boil notice for parts of the deep south
10 March 2023
Latest sampling results indicate that water quality is compliant with
national water quality standards (SANS 241). This means that residents in
Noordhoek, Redhill, Simon’s Town, Sun Valley, Kommetjie, Ocean View,
Scarborough, Masiphumelele and Glencairn need no longer boil their water before
drinking or cooking.
Consecutive sets of sampling conducted by the City's Scientific Services Branch and Environmental Health Service indicates that water is safe to drink.
Residents in areas who were advised to implement the precautionary boil notice, need no longer do so.
The City wishes to thank residents for their patience and cooperation during this time.
The precautionary boil notice was instituted in parts of the deep south last night, after routine sampling results showed that the water quality at a few sampling points was not compliant with national standards.
Remedial measures were implemented immediately, and the affected pipes were flushed and disinfected.
A task team has assessed and determined that the likely cause of the non-compliant samples was cross-contamination of the samples and not related to contamination of source water.
Further investigations are planned to assess the root cause in order to prevent a re-occurrence.
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City of Cape Town, Media Office
