The City of Cape Town wants to start construction of a desalination plant.

The planned desalination plant, is expected to provide the City with between 50 and 70 million litres of water per day. 

This is expected to increase the city’s water supply by an additional 300 million litres from diversified sources.

The City is encouraging public comment on the practicality of using a suitable external service delivery mechanism to implement and operate the planned Paarden Eiland Desalination Plant.

Zahid Badroodien, MMC for Water and Sanitation, said “it is important for the City to give the public a fair chance to provide their considered, informed inputs on these matters. We encourage residents and stakeholders to submit their comments by 3 March 2025. All feedback will be incorporated in the final, completed feasibility study report, which will be made available to the community for comments before it is submitted to Council for their consideration.”

Information sessions

• Wednesday, 12 February 2025 at 18:00 – 20:00 at the Council Chambers, 6th Floor, Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town. Or virtually via Microsoft Teams: https://bit.ly/4ghqlDY.
• Wednesday, 19 February 2025 at 18:00 – 20:00 at Auditorium, Milnerton Library, Pienaar Road, Milnerton, Cape Town. Or via Microsoft Teams: https://bit.ly/40OcMXV.

Information can also be obtained from the Council resolution and reportDesalination Booklet, and the Water Outlook Report.

For more information and general enquires, email: public.participation@capetown.gov.za or call 0800 212 176.

Have your say: capetown.gov.za/City-Connect/Have-your-say/Issues-open-for-public-comment/paarden-eiland-desalination-plant.

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