Water body says South Africa has no chlorine shortage
The Association of Water and Sanitation says chlorine supply is stable while authorities deal with water contamination in Bronkhorstspruit that has left hundreds ill. The municipality admitted its treatment plant went three weeks without chlorine dosing.
Ndweleni Mphephu, director of the Association of Water and Sanitation, spoke in an interview on chlorine supply. He said: "We do not have a shortage of chlorine at all." He said about three major companies produce chlorine in the country.
The Bronkhorstspruit municipality said the plant went without chlorine dosing between mid-September and October. Mphephu said water service authorities need to plan for feedstock.
Key facts
- Who
- Ndweleni Mphephu (Director of the Association of Water and Sanitation); Association of Water and Sanitation (industry body that gave the chlorine assurance); Bronkhorstspruit municipality (water services authority that admitted the plant went without chlorine dosing)
- What
- Industry body Association of Water and Sanitation assured that chlorine supply remains stable, as authorities address water contamination in Bronkhorstspruit that has left hundreds ill. The municipality admitted the water treatment plant went without chlorine dosing for three weeks between mid-September and October.
- When
- 26 October 2026
- Where
- Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria
- Status
- Reported