The new solar-powered desalination plant under construction at Witsand on the southern Cape coast will produce water at a cost of only R7 to R8 a kilolitre. This is less than a quarter of the cost of water from Cape Town's temporary desalination plant at Strandfontein.
Water from the Strandfontein plant, which is powered by diesel, costs between R35 and R40 a kilolitre.
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