History: Tap water at last Talk of the Town 24th March 2006

Boknes and Cannon Rocks residents were saying “cheers” to receive pure drinking water from a municipal tap. The new hi-tech reverse osmosis plant was officially opened the previous week. The lack of adequate quality water for human consumption was a major problem for the residents who previously used tanked rainwater. Water had to be purchased from Ndlambe when the tanks ran dry. The project was initiated by Mr de Nysschen, retired councillor Boetie Ferreira, Steven Fick CRRA and Dr Piet Vosloo from Boknes. The plant was officially switched on at a special function held and residents celebrated the arrival of clean drinking water till late in the night.