SA Water Situation Could Get Worse

Farrel — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:12:00 -0500

Thanks to some shoddy planning SA is facing an electricity crunch for the next few years. Let’s not have the same thing happen with our water supply. According to that article around one third of our 1000 treatment plants are in need of urgent repair and maintenance to avoid an all out crisis.

Director-General of the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Jabu Sindane found these statistics “disturbing”.

Now I’m not sure what exactly is required to make sure that a country can function properly, but I’m pretty sure “A reliable source of water” is in the top five. I don’t think there’s a segment of SA that doesn’t rely on it somehow. So to have the man who is in charge of the running of the department that oversees our water say he only finds it disturbing now when two thirds of treatment plants require maintenance and half of them are understaffed is a bit… disturbing.

Politics.za: SA Water Situation Could Get Worse

SA Water Situation Could Get Worse