Words Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp
The suspension of quantity limits for sewage pumped out to sea by the City of Cape Town, as stated by the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment earlier this year, has been clarified following the City's claim that historic limits are still in force.
On Monday GroundUp reported that, pending appeals to the Coastal Waters Discharge Permits granted for the marine sewage outfalls in Green Point, Camps Bay and Hout Bay, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment DFFE Minister Dion George lifted the restriction on the volume of sewage the City may pump through these outfalls.
Subsequently, in a letter to GroundUp, which has also been widely distributed, the City Media Office stated the previous 20-year licences for the outfalls granted in 2011 under the National Water Act continue to apply to discharge volumes at the outfalls until the appeals to the new permits granted under the Integrated Coastal Management Act were finalised.
Accordingly, the City requested GroundUp correct the headline and body of the article, claiming it was factually incorrect.
