Water purity

EXPERTS have warned on just how bad an impact the country’s shortage of liquid gas chlorine supply could have if it were to escalate. This comes after the national Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the City of Cape Town sounded the alarm that the country’s main supplier of chlorine gas for water purification purposes in Kempton Park, Gauteng, had experienced severe supply disruptions. DWS said if this shortage escalated, the liquid gas chlorine shortages would possibly affect the treatment of potable water and effluent water. Chlorine is an essential component of large-scale sewage treatment processes. |