This follows the 2022 Green Drop report which indicated that the performance of many municipal waste water treatment systems is deteriorating.
"This means that many municipalities are discharging effluent from their waste water treatment works which does not meet the specified treatment levels, which in turn is resulting in pollution of rivers," the department said. "Sewage pollution of rivers can result in cholera bacteria entering the rivers via the faeces of an infected person or people," the department explained.
The department warned members of the public that rivers, dams, and streams contain raw or untreated water which is not suitable for human consumption.
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