20 January 2022
Experts have warned on just how bad of 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, located 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 managed by water services authorities (WSAs), metros and water boards.
The City of Cape Town notified its residents earlier on Thursday about the matter as liquid gas chlorine is used by water boards and large municipalities to treat water to drinking standards.
Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care researcher Amanda Brand said that if the chlorine shortage were to result in an inability to chlorinate our drinking water, “it would be problematic from a public health perspective as potentially disease-causing microbes might be present in the water coming out of the tap”.
Source IOL
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