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16 May 2026
The City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is calling on residents and businesses across Cape Town to reduce water consumption to essential use only as severe weather conditions have impacted major water treatment operations and placed pressure on the bulk water supply system.
30 April 2026
The world marked International Noise Awareness Day (INAD) on 29 April
23 February 2026
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate hosted its 2nd Annual Catchment Management Forum (CMF) Review
27 November 2025
As part of the City of Cape Town’s summer readiness efforts, the Water and Sanitation Directorate has intensified inspections of grease traps at restaurants and food businesses to prevent sewer blockages and overflows.
26 September 2025
The theme this year is ‘clean air, healthy people’.
02 June 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate remains committed to completing the multi-million rand Bayside Canal upgrade in Milnerton
27 April 2025
In the current financial year, the number of complaints is yet again nearing the 2 000 mark.
23 April 2025
This year’s Water Star Rating Awards took place at the Old Mutual Head Office in Pinelands on Thursday, 10 April 2025.
06 March 2025
The City acknowledges the frustration experienced by residents living near the Milnerton lagoon and is making every effort to find solutions for the negative impact on quality of life.
13 January 2025
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate successfully prevented disruptions at beaches due to sewage overflows, ensuring residents and visitors enjoy clean and safe public spaces.
18 November 2024
At a celebratory event on 8 November 2024, the City’s Water and Sanitation Directorate marked 100 years since the establishment of the Scientific Services branch in Athlone.
28 October 2024
The City’s Water Pollution Control unit continues to inspect properties across the city to ensure they do not have illegal sewer to stormwater connections.
06 October 2024
For more than a week, the City’s Water and Sanitation teams have been battling to clear excessive fat that has blocked a section of sewer pipes in Paarden Eiland.
18 September 2024
To bolster its existing cleaning interventions, the City of Cape Town has collated the Soet River Pollution Abatement Strategy and Action Plan (PASAP), which outlines multi-pronged efforts to help tackle chronic waste in a section of the Soet River flowing through Lwandle and Nomzamo in Strand. Due to ongoing illegal dumping, this section of the river unfortunately remains filled with solid waste, despite cleaning interventions by the City’s Water and Sanitation and Urban Waste Management Directorates.
05 September 2024
Significant strides are being made to improve the water quality and environmental health of the Milnerton Lagoon.
27 July 2024
Recent unprecedented rain has seen the City’s dam levels increase to over 99%. This excessive rain has also been putting strain on the sewer and wastewater systems because of the extra stormwater entering the pipes, and contributing to sewer overflows. City teams are continuing with proactive measures, which were also implemented leading up to winter, to help reduce sewer blockages and overflows. Residents can also help prevent stormwater from entering the sewers illegally.
29 April 2024
The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation Councillor Zahid Badroodien, met with representatives of the Hout Bay Rivers Catchment Forum along the Hout Bay River, to discuss the strides made to reduce water pollution over the past year.
26 April 2024
The City’s inaugural meeting which officially establishes the Permit Advisory Forum (PAF) on marine outfalls was held today, with the objective review of the discharge permit conditions for the city's marine outfalls.
14 March 2024
The City’s Water Pollution Control (WPC) team is clamping down on illegal connections and discharges to the stormwater system
11 February 2024
The City is serious about tackling illegal connections to municipal stormwater and sewer systems.
19 December 2023
The City of Cape Town is urging residents of Cape Town to join in the effort to reduce food waste during the upcoming Christmas celebrations
01 November 2023
Recently 17 businesses and organisations were recognised for their remarkable efforts in implementing good water management practices, during a special Water Star-Rating Award Ceremony.
15 September 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Road Infrastructure Management Department will commence with a road resurfacing project in Tokai this Sunday,17 September 2023.
21 August 2023
The City of Cape Town offers bursary opportunities to selected students each year.
17 August 2023
The eight new EH practitioners (EHPs) come from across the country and have been placed at Environmental Health offices across the eight sub-districts in the metro.
02 April 2023
The City of Cape Town’s Health Department has received nearly 200 generator noise complaints over a 12-month period.
02 March 2023
Water usage is high, and dam levels are dropping
26 February 2023
The City’s tender appeals authority has dismissed appeals on two major contracts linked to the R5bn upgrade of Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW). These contracts are now set to serve on the City Council agenda in March, for a final statutory public participation before awards to the successful bidders.
30 December 2022
MAYORAL MINUTE: Taking stock of the year that was
08 December 2022
Speech to Council by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
01 December 2022
The City of Cape Town hosted its second quarterly report-back meeting last night
25 September 2022
During the last financial year, the Environmental Health Service attended to 8 356 complaints from the public.
31 August 2022
City's water pollution inspectors will be checking the illegal stormwater-to-sewer connections in the Gordon's Bay suburbs of Admirals Park and Anchorage Park from 1 September 2022.
28 July 2022
The City is committed to tackling pollution and protecting the physical integrity of water and sanitation infrastructure and the environment.
08 May 2022
City invests millions for the remediation of three vleis and improvement of water quality
12 March 2022
The City’s Scientific Services Branch has conducted sample testing for algal identification which seeks to quantify the various algal species present.
21 February 2022
Speech by Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis
05 February 2022
The City’s Water and Sanitation Department is currently attending to the pump station at the Camps Bay Marine Outfall which experienced pump failure.
30 September 2021
The first phase of the total R3,2 billion upgrade of the Athlone Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW), which has been treating wastewater for 100 years, is progressing well.
01 August 2021
The City’s monitoring of poor water quality at Rietvlei is showing that the heavy rainfall and stormwater ingress into sewers in recent weeks
30 July 2021
The City of Cape Town is preparing to carry out urgent work to address the sewage spills coming from the Raapenberg pump station. The situation is being treated as a top priority and repairs will commence as soon as possible. The spills are a result of vandalised valves at the Athlone Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW).
The City of Cape Town is preparing to carry out urgent work to address the sewage spills coming from the Raapenberg pump station
16 March 2021
The threats, levelled against Environmental Health Practitioners in some areas, are bedevilling efforts to ensure continued Covid-19 compliance.
27 January 2021
City and WCG align to combat Pollution in the Diep River Catchment
21 December 2020
Over the coming months, the City’s Water and Sanitation Services Department will be visiting properties in Hout Bay to address illegal stormwater-to-sewer connections
06 November 2020
The City’s Executive Mayor Alderman Dan Plato conducted an oversight visit to the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) with officials from the Water and Waste Directorate
30 March 2020
A small team of the City’s Coastal Management Department has been designated as essential staff during the lockdown
20 March 2020
A strong partnership is required between the City, Capetonians and visitors to collectively reduce the amount of waste and pollution we are releasing into our natural environment
10 March 2020
R1,75 billion upgrade underway at Potsdam Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) to ensure it is fast-tracked,
7 August - 11 September 2026, Vasco Estate (Goodwood)
The Recreation and Parks Department is responsible for 201 Civic Centres, including Community Halls, Centres, Recreation Hubs and Multi-purpose centres around the metro.
The City of Cape Town today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA), establishing a multi-year strategic partnership to expand skills development
See all tenders received by the City of Cape Town.
The Killarney Drop-off facility accepts clean, garage or garden waste, recyclables and ru...
3 August - 4 September 2026
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