apparently, not so. seems to be some sort of political football. read it and weep for humanity.
Cape’s spring water wasted CAPE TIMES / 14 JUNE 2013, 2:06PM / MELANIE GOSLING
Cape Town. 130613. Caron Van Zeil in one of many water tunnel systems that run though Cape Town City.
Cape Town - For eight years Caron von Zeil of Newlands has worked on Reclaim Camissa, a project that uncovered and documented the vast amount of fresh water that flows to waste underneath Cape Town.
Her work has been cutting edge: most of the springs and rivers that flow from Table Mountain have been paved over and forgotten, and every day millions of litres of fresh mountain water rushes away unused into drains or sewers.
Von Zeil’s archive research showed that historically there were 36 springs in the City Bowl. She has uncovered 25 springs and four underground rivers. The City of Cape Town has only 13 springs on their records. Parliament is sitting on two springs and a huge underground reservoir...
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