The V&A Waterfront’s commissioning of a R184 million (€9m) water desalination plant has been applauded as a proactive move that could act as a blueprint for other coastal tourism operators to follow.
Co-owners of the popular tourist precinct in Cape Town, Growthpoint Properties and the Public Investment Corporation, will commission the plant in March and April this year. At full capacity, the plant will take the entire precinct – comprising a combination of retail, hospitality and industrial facilities – off the country’s water grid.
“As a privately owned space where 25 000 people work daily and with up to 180 000 visitors per day, the V&A Waterfront is a neighbourhood with sufficient scale to act as a test bed and a proving ground for new approaches and technologies that address the challenges of sustainability,” V&A Waterfront Head of Communications Donald Tau told Tourism Update.
The project will add to a number of other sustainability initiatives implemented by…
