MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Mossel Bay Municipality noted social media posts about typhoid fever and the allegations that tap water leads to its spread.

The portfolio chairperson of Infrastructure Services, Councillor Anton Dellemijn, says regular tests by the municipality ensure that drinking water in the greater Mossel Bay meets all the relevant SANS standards.

Municipal Manager Colin Puren says there is currently no cause for concern about water safety.

"In addition to the tests by Mossel Bay Municipality, the Garden Route District Municipality's environmental health personnel are responsible for the routine monitoring of municipal water supply to communities. 

"The District Municipality is responsible for the routine monitoring of municipal water supply to communities which involves routine sampling for indicator organisms. In areas where water samples were collected (both municipal sources and untreated water) and tested at specific laboratories as part of the investigations, enteric fever could not be isolated. 

"No patients are being treated at either the Provincial Hospital or Life Bay View Hospital. There is currently no cause for water safety concern."

The Garden Route District Municipality also issued a press release in this regard on 22 February, available here.

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