JOHANNESBURG - WaterCan and its partners have released a report on the poor quality of drinking water at schools across South Africa.
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As part of the national Citizen Science project, pupils from 95 schools tested their own water and found shocking levels of bacterial contamination.
Nearly half of the samples taken proved the water at schools were unsafe for consumption.
Dr Ferrial Adam, WaterCAN Executive manager discussed the results with eNCA.