Residents in Durban are reassured that municipal water remains safe to drink despite recent changes in taste and odour linked to elevated levels of 2-methylisoborneol.
Something is wrong with Durban’s drinking water; or at least that is what a growing number of residents fear.
Over the past few weeks, distrust over the quality of the city’s tap water has been growing as residents across eThekwini claim they have fallen ill after drinking it.
People from different communities have reported symptoms associated with gastroenteritis, including diarrhoea, stomach cramps and nausea.
“It’s 100% the water,” a pharmacist from the Sparksport Pharmacy group told the Independent on Saturday this week.
