More than 800 residents have reportedly been affected by gastrointestinal illness in a water safety crisis linked to the Bronkhorstspruit water treatment works. An earlier official count included 262 children under 5. The treatment plant supplied water without chlorine for 21 days, while the river feeding the facility was already polluted by sewage. Chlorine helps prevent dangerous germs from reaching households through drinking water. With questions raised about water quality, public warnings a
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More than 800 residents have reportedly been affected by gastrointestinal illness in a water safety crisis linked to the Bronkhorstspruit water treatment works. An earlier official count included 262 children under 5. The treatment plant supplied water without chlorine for 21 days, while the river feeding the facility was already polluted by sewage. Chlorine helps prevent dangerous germs from reaching households through drinking water. With questions raised about water quality, public warnings a
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