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‘A tsunami of human waste’ – Half of SA’s sewage treatment works are failing, says report
After a nine-year hiatus, the long-awaited Green Drop report paints a bleak picture: half of wastewater treatment works in South Africa fail to treat sewage properly and in many cases fail to treat it at all.
Anthony Turton from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State says this represents “a tsunami of human waste inundating our rivers and dams, without respite, for more than a decade”.
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‘A tsunami of human waste’ – Half of SA’s sewage treatment works are failing, says report
After a nine-year hiatus, the long-awaited Green Drop report paints a bleak picture: half of wastewater treatment works in South Africa fail to treat sewage properly and in many cases fail to treat it at all.
Anthony Turton from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State says this represents “a tsunami of human waste inundating our rivers and dams, without respite, for more than a decade”.

GROUNDUP WASTEWATER HAZARD: ‘A tsunami of human waste’ – Half of SA’s sewage treatment works are failing, says report
The 2022 Green Drop report reveals scale of pollution in South Africa but also clouds the picture.
