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Buffalo City (East London) Water Quality

Blue Drop: 83.5/100

✓ Met cited-period drinking-water criteria

The directly cited Blue Drop 2023 record met the drinking-water criteria represented here. It does not establish today's tap-water status.

Buffalo City (East London) in Eastern Cape has a directly cited DWS Blue Drop score of 83.5/100, with Odyssey tracker tier Adequate. In the 2023 record represented by this tracker, the drinking-water signal is marked as meeting the cited criteria. This is not a live tap-water advisory. The wastewater risk label is mixed/supplementary tracker context and is not presented as a directly reconciled Green Drop result. A legacy 37.7% water-efficiency percentage is retained for audit continuity, but its exact measure basis is not treated as reconciled.

Metrics — cited source periods

Blue Drop (drinking water)83.5/100Direct DWS citation
Wastewater tracker riskPoorPrimary source pending
Drinking-water assessment signalMet cited-period criteriaCited-period pass
Wastewater assessment signalConcern / non-compliance in cited period
Legacy distribution-efficiency percentage37.7%Legacy percentage · measure basis pending
Population served975 255
Legacy row audit-year field2023

Stronger Eastern Cape drinking water performer but well below Blue Drop certification. Nearly 40% of sampled Eastern Cape treatment works were flagged as unsafe in 2023. AfriForum 2024 found every sewage sample in the Eastern Cape polluted. Still well below Blue Drop certification threshold.

Programme provenance

Blue Drop: direct primary citation · 2023

Green Drop: programme-specific primary source pending

No Drop: programme-specific primary source pending

Current row citation — DWS Blue Drop 2023 + AfriForum 2024

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This tracked profile can combine Blue Drop, Green Drop, No Drop and supplementary sources from different periods. Programme labels above are only treated as directly sourced when the cited URL matches that DWS programme; otherwise primary-source reconciliation remains pending. Regulatory assessments describe the cited assessment period and are not live tap-water advisories. Follow current DWS or municipal advisories for immediate health guidance.