THE City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate successfully replaced 22 255m of water and sewer pipes in February 2025, as part of its ongoing infrastructure maintenance and upgrade programme.
These essential upgrades ensure a reliable water supply and the efficient conveyance of sewage through the City’s reticulation systems.
With this latest progress, the total pipe replacement for the 2024/2025 financial year now stands at 41 146m of water pipes and 76 871m of sewer pipes replaced.
In February 2025, the following replacements were made:
- 9 520m of water pipes were replaced in Simon’s Town, Hout Bay, Kommetjie, Bergvliet, Retreat, Ottery, Fish Hoek, Macassar, Sarepta, Kuils River, Sir Lowry’s Pass Village, Strand, Devon Park, Eerste River, Gordon’s Bay, Bellville Phase 2, Wellway Park East, Sea Point, Goodwood and Panorama.
- 12 735m of sewer pipes were replaced in Constantia, Wynberg, Plumstead, Kuils River, Bellville, Table View, Montague Gardens and Panorama.
“The City has committed R523-million towards city-wide water and sewer pipe replacement. It’s commendable that the directorate has reached 82% of its targeted 50 000m of water pipes and 76% of its targeted 100 000m sewer pipes in several projects across the metropole. I have no doubt that these targets will be met, if not exceeded, at the end of the financial year in July 2025. “The City will continue to make record-setting investments in Cape Town’s water and sanitation infrastructure. The budget, now out for comment from the public, will provide the directorate with another R5-billion boost for this coming financial year – this is more than double the R2,3-billion spent on Water and Sanitation in the City’s first budget in 2022. Over the next three years R16,6-bliilon is being allocated to Water and Sanitation. Just this portion of the capital budget is more than the entire capital budgets of Tshwane and Ekurhuleni combined,” said councillor Zahid Badroodien, Mayoral Committee Member for Water and Sanitation.
While the City understands that construction work may cause temporary inconvenience, these upgrades are vital for ensuring long-term reliability and improved services for all residents.
