Water Quality and SASS

The health of a river is often determined by the quality of the water that flows along its course. Due to differences in geology and vegetation, rivers around the country vary with regards to what is termed “healthy”. For example rivers in the Western Cape tend to...

Removing alien trees along our river

For most of us the sight of lush green-leafed tress hanging over a gentle flowing river, invokes a sense of serenity and calm. However, it is true what they say, that “too much of a good thing is bad”, and this is exactly the case of the trees along the Liesbeek...

Information

We often receive calls from people regarding incidents on the river. CONTACT PERSONS AND NUMBERS Liesbeek Maintenance Project: Jason 0846618264; [email protected] or [email protected]; Ntobeko 0710419424. Water Pollution: Brian February (Bishopscourt to N2 Mowbray)...

News from the City: Project to clean up city rivers gets afloat

The Cape Times ran the following article on October 20 2011 at 11:35am Project to clean up city rivers gets afloat Babalo Ndenze Metro Writer THE city council has employed 400 people to clean 14 of its most polluted rivers as part of a programme named after the late...

20th Birthday Celebration

Dear Friends, After a dry winter we wonder what spring and summer have in store for us! Perhaps all of us should look again at being waterwise in our homes and gardens. However, we still can enjoy the display nature puts on –  see the lovely photos of flowering...