Typhoid: Rand Water assures consumers that it’s drinking water complies and is safe

Rand Water today in a statement said that the recent typhoid cases, reported in the news, have not been linked to tap water.

According to Rand Water it’s drinking water treatment processes are effective in inactivating harmful bacteria. Rand Water further assured consumers that they maintain intensive water quality monitoring programmes.

“Escherichia coli, a bacteria that is used as an indicator for the presence of faecal pollution and disease causing organisms such as Salmonella typhi, has not been detected in the drinking water supplied by Rand Water. Drinking water supplied by Rand Water complies with drinking water standards and is safe for human consumption,” the statement concluded