Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality calls for water testing at St Albans

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has requested additional water quality testing at the St Albans Correctional Facility in the Eastern Cape following concerns regarding the safety of the institution's drinking water.

While municipal monitoring records show no incidents of compromised water quality in the supply system, officials warned that these results do not guarantee safety at every point of consumption. The municipality noted that although the facility receives water from the municipal supply, the water travels through a private pipeline and is stored in tanks maintained by the Department of Public Works.

Because water quality can be affected by private infrastructure, plumbing, and storage systems after leaving the municipal network, the municipality stated that the Department of Public Works should arrange for samples to be collected from the facility's tanks and consumption points for testing by an accredited laboratory.