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Is the tap water safe in Ephraim Mogale?
The government’s latest official rating puts 5 of the 21 drinking-water systems of the Sekhukhune District Municipality at high or critical risk, and 16 at low or medium risk. It’s the Department of Water and Sanitation’s Blue Drop risk assessment of 2024, published in March 2026.
This is the government’s latest official assessment (published in March 2026, on data from July 2023 to June 2024), not a live test of your tap water or a guarantee that it’s safe.
Water in Ephraim Mogale is the responsibility of the Sekhukhune District Municipality, so the figures here are for all the district’s systems and works, not only those in Ephraim Mogale. The district also supplies Elias Motsoaledi, Fetakgomo Tubatse and Makhuduthamaga.
- 5 of 21Drinking-water systems at high or critical riskBlue Drop risk 2024, district
- 14 of 17Sewage works in a critical stateGreen Drop 2024, below 31%
- CriticalWater losses riskNo Drop 2025, 100.0%
Each drinking-water system, 2024
| System | Risk |
|---|---|
| Burgersfort Water Supply System | Low 35.2% |
| Fetakgomo Supply System | Medium 56.8% |
| Flag Boshielo East Water Supply System | High 79.3% |
| Groblersdal Water Supply System | Low 24.5% |
| Hlogotlou Water Supply System | Low 34.0% |
| Kutullo Package Plant (Received from Lepelle) | Low 41.1% |
| Magukubjane Water Supply System | Low 43.1% |
| Mahlokoena (Receive bulk from Lepelle Mahlokoena package plant) | Low 43.8% |
| Malekana Supply System (Receives bulk from Lepelle Malekana WTW) | Low 25.0% |
| Mampuru/Boshkloof supply system | Low 40.7% |
| Mapodile Sand Pit | Low 26.3% |
| Marble Hall Water Supply System | Critical 92.3% |
| Marishane Water Supply System | Medium 64.7% |
| Masemola Water Supply System | High 79.3% |
| Nkosini Water Supply System | Critical 100.0% |
| Penge Water Supply System | Low 32.0% |
| Roosenekal Water Supply System | Low 43.5% |
| Steelpoort (Receive bulk from Lepelle Steelpoort WTW) | High 87.0% |
| Tsakane (Receive bulk from Lepelle Tsakane package plant) | Low 26.7% |
| Tubatse | Low 36.8% |
| Vergelegen Water Supply System | Low 39.2% |
The department’s risk rating for each system, from its Blue Drop risk assessment of 2024 (data from July 2023 to June 2024). Below 50% is low risk; 90% or more is critical.
What the ratings mean
The Department of Water and Sanitation rates each drinking-water system’s risk from four things: the size of its treatment works and how close it runs to capacity (35% of the rating), whether its water met the national drinking-water standard, SANS 241, in tests, and whether enough tests were done (35%), the skills of its staff (20%), and whether it has a water safety plan (10%).
The rating is a share of the worst possible score, so higher is worse: below 50% is low risk, 50% to under 70% medium, 70% to under 90% high, and 90% or more critical. It describes how a system was run and tested over a year, not the water in your glass today.
Your water today
For the water in your tap today, ask the Sekhukhune District Municipality. It’s responsible for the water here and issues boil-water notices. If it issues one, follow it.
The department’s report for Limpopo has each system’s full scorecard: Blue Drop Progress Assessment Report 2025: Limpopo.
Sewage works
Sewage works don’t supply your tap, but what they release flows into rivers and dams, and the department’s Green Drop report links poorly treated sewage to risks for public health downstream. In its audit for 2024, 14 of the 17 works the district runs were in a critical state.
| Works | Score | Category | Releases into |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgersfort | 38.2% | Very poor | Spekboom river |
| Dennilton | 30.9% | Critical state | No Discharge |
| Elandskraal | 8.1% | Critical state | No Discharge |
| Groblersdal | 23.5% | Critical state | Olifants River |
| Jane Furse | 8.1% | Critical state | No Discharge |
| Leeufontein (Mokganyaka) | 13.6% | Critical state | No Discharge |
| Mapodile | 13.8% | Critical state | No Discharge |
| Marble Hall | 38.1% | Very poor | Elands River |
| Mecklenburg | 17.0% | Critical state | Not printed |
| Monsterlus (Hlogotlou) | 10.8% | Critical state | Not printed |
| Motetema | 14.4% | Critical state | Not printed |
| Nebo | 0.0% | Critical state | Not printed |
| Penge | 0.0% | Critical state | Not printed |
| Phokwane | 9.6% | Critical state | Not printed |
| Roosenekal | 7.5% | Critical state | Not printed |
| Steelpoort | 33.6% | Very poor | Not printed |
| Tubatse | 10.6% | Critical state | No Discharge |
Green Drop audit for 2024 (July 2023 to June 2024), published in March 2026. The department’s categories: 90% or more is excellent, 80% good, 50% average, 31% very poor, and below 31% a critical state. Higher is better. “Releases into” is where the works discharges, as the report prints it.
Water losses
The department’s No Drop assessment of 2025 rates the Sekhukhune District Municipality’s management of water losses at critical risk (100.0%; below 50% is low risk, 90% or more critical).
The last full audit: Blue Drop scores, 2023 (20 systems)
The full Blue Drop audit of July 2021 to June 2022, published in 2023. Higher is better: 95% or more is excellent, and below 31% a critical state. Systems may be named differently from 2024.
| System | Score | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Burgersfort | 43.4% | Very poor |
| Fetakgomo | 58.5% | Average |
| Flag Boshielo | 27.5% | Critical state |
| Groblersdal | 33.4% | Very poor |
| Hlogotlou | 42.9% | Very poor |
| Kutullo | 19.0% | Critical state |
| Magukubjane | 24.9% | Critical state |
| Mahlokoena | 21.7% | Critical state |
| Mapodile | 30.7% | Critical state |
| Marble Hall | 33.6% | Very poor |
| Marishane | 27.3% | Critical state |
| Masemola | 15.9% | Critical state |
| Ngwaabe | 27.9% | Critical state |
| Nkosini | 17.5% | Critical state |
| Penge | 25.8% | Critical state |
| Roosenekal | 32.8% | Very poor |
| Steelpoort | 26.5% | Critical state |
| Tsakane | 26.3% | Critical state |
| Tubatse | 32.4% | Very poor |
| Vergelegen | 22.6% | Critical state |
Elsewhere in Sekhukhune
- Elias Motsoaledi5 of 21
- Fetakgomo Tubatse5 of 21
- Makhuduthamaga5 of 21
Drinking-water systems at high or critical risk, of all those rated.
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Source: Department of Water and Sanitation, Blue Drop Progress Assessment Report 2025: Limpopo, Blue Drop Report 2023: Limpopo, Green Drop Report 2025: Limpopo, No Drop Progress Assessment Report 2025 (complete), through our water quality dataset, release 2026-11-12.