Sewage System Installations
Sewage System Installations
As the responsibility of all municipality, the state of SA’s waste water is in hot water. A report that measured the state of waste water treatment plants in all nine provinces had revealed that while less than half of SA’s 850 sewage plants are treating the billions of litres of waste matter that is received everyday to acceptable standards, only 7% of them actually comply with the international benchmarks and standards. This means that the sewage isn’t being properly treated in most of SA’s waste water treatment plants, which means that the sewage is running into the ocean, ground and local river systems, which is why it is affecting farmers, rural communities and our marine and ecosystem too.
We can’t rely on municipalities for safe and clean water
While all South Africans have a basic human right to an environment that isn’t harmful to their well being and to also have an environment that is protected, for the benefit of future and present generations – this is just not the case with our sewage water in SA. Whether it is due to lack of expertise, poor to non-functional processes or finance, it’s become quite evident that we cannot rely on our municipalities to deliver and treat clean safe and clean water.
50 Million litres of sewage dumped into the ocean each day.
While many of our water treatment plants are in poor condition or not even functional, this has placed a great amount of pressure on Gauteng and also the Western Cape.
Gauteng’s agricultural sector has taken a hit because of the drought, especially when you consider the scarcity of fresh water. Unfortunately, Cape Town isn’t in a much better state, it was only when Jean Tresfon marine conservation photographer of Cape Town, took an aerial view shot of all the sewage that was flowing into the Atlantic ocean that it was discovered that almost 50 million litres of dirty sewage, toxic chemicals and grey water is being dumped off the coast of Cape Town each day.
At Ernest Electro we are known for our top quality sewage pumps, give us a call on 011 792 9550 or visit our website on www.ernestee.co.za for more information.