Looking after our canals – Carp netting and removal programme

The Century City canals span over 8.5 kilometres, which includes the new Ratanga Park waterways and Intaka Island wetland. The canals form part of the precinct’s stormwater management system with the outlet of the system running under the Ysterplaat air force base to the sea, and an overflow at high flow into a stormwater detention pond also managed by the CCPOA and located between Skywater Avenue and Ratanga Road.

Water safety on our canals with pink rescue buoys

Did you know that more drownings occur in freshwater than in the ocean? A study of fatal drownings recently revealed that drownings occurred more frequently in freshwater in South Africa.