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Report Shows Decline in Quality of South Africa's Drinking Water

The 2023 Blue Drop Watch Report has revealed that there has been a deterioration in drinking water quality since the last blue drop report was done.

Presenting the 2023 report, Water and Sanitation Director-General Dr Sean Phillips noted that in the 2012 Blue Drop Report, only 10% of municipalities had bad or poor microbiological water quality, as opposed to 50% in this sample. "This indicates that there has been a deterioration in drinking water quality since the last report was done," Phillips said.

This comes after a cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal resulted in multiple deaths, wiith an independent report commissioned by WaterCAN - an initiative by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse - finding that water from three out of four taps examined in the area produced water deemed unsafe to drink due to high levels of bacteria.

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