Cape Town Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Upgrade
Sector: Waste Processing and Treatment • Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Source: Capetown Today
Cape Town is undertaking a R16.7 billion water and sanitation infrastructure upgrade including groundwater extraction fields, Africa's first urban direct potable water reuse facility, a seawater desalination plant, and replacement of 2,400 km of asbestos-cement piping with advanced fusible PVC piping with embedded fiber-optic leak detection, aiming to reduce non-revenue water from 39% to below 25%
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Waste Processing and Treatment, Mass Transit, Broadband, Telecommunications, Water Supply and Storage
- Location
- Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- Capetown Today
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | Cape Town is undertaking a R16.7 billion water and sanitation infrastructure upgrade including groundwater extraction fields, Africa's first urban direct potable water reuse facility, a seawater desalination plant, and replacement of 2,400 km of asbestos-cement piping with advanced fusible PVC piping with embedded fiber-optic leak detection, aiming to reduce non-revenue water from 39% to below 25% within seven years. |
Original sector | Built Sector |
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Country | South Africa |
State | Western Cape |
City | Cape Town |
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Source | Capetown Today |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Waste Processing and Treatment, Mass Transit, Broadband, Telecommunications, Water Supply and Storage |
Article published date | 2026-07-14 |
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