City of Cape Town says 'Project Blue’ report on false claims water quality data isn't from accredited labs

The National Pulse

A few weeks ago I spoke to Professor Anthony Turton, the spokesperson for Project Blue about their citizen-driven investigation which found that several sampled beaches exceeded safety limits for E. coli and Enterococci; two common indicators of water contamination. The City of Cape Town disputes a few things about this report. Before I talk to Gregg Oelofse, the City of Cape Town’s City Manager for Coastal Management, I’ll share a clip of the conversation I had with Professor Anthony Turton talking about sewage and the Cape Town beaches…

GUEST: Gregg Oelofse, the City of Cape Town’s City Manager: Coastal Management