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The City of Cape Town's (CoCT) borehole drilling programme has scientists scratching their heads at the apparent determination of the City to drill into the hard rock of the Table Mountain Group Aquifer (TMGA) at great cost, while other cheaper and more environment-friendly options are not first explored.
Dr Jasper Slingsby of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) suggests that alternative initiatives, like clearing of alien vegetation could see as much as 100 million additional litres of water running into our dams daily, increasing the supply by as much as 20%, at much less cost to ratepayers.
Drilling for water 'makes no economic sense'
Because somebody is getting paid.
Dr Jasper Slingsby of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) suggests that alternative initiatives, like clearing of alien vegetation could see as much as 100 million additional litres of water running into our dams daily, increasing the supply by as much as 20%, at much less cost to ratepayers.
Drilling for water 'makes no economic sense'
Because somebody is getting paid.
