The FF Plus party in Ekurhuleni blames widespread municipal failures, including inadequate infrastructure maintenance and water leakage, for the city's water crisis. They argue that water restrictions alone are insufficient and call for improved infrastructure investment and management.
The FF Plus in the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE ) says the water crisis in the metro stems from a web of municipal failures, ranging from failure to properly manage its infrastructure, resulting in significant water leakages. The party expressed its concerns after Rand Water has for months repeatedly been asking Gauteng province municipalities to implement water restrictions as a measure to alleviate the growing water shortages in the province. The party pointed out that at least 29.
1% of the city’s water procured from Rand Water is lost through massive leakages even before it reaches residents' taps. The leaks are said to be a result of theft and poorly managed efficient municipal infrastructure. According to the city’s latest water and sanitation strategy, which was tabled in council, the metro's infrastructure renewal rate for water networks is a shocking 0.05% per year. To maintain reliable water supply, the best practice for asset renewal, or upgrading, is an annual rate of between 1 and 2%, explained FF Plus’ councillor Rudolf Herbst in a statement. He stated that the latest strategy has set a target of reducing water losses to 25% by 2030. It is not enough. The target for infrastructure renewal of water networks is 1,5%, which is much too low for addressing the high levels of infrastructure decay and to curb water losses. It is clear that the CoE will have to pull up its socks to help remedy Gauteng's water crisis. Water restrictions alone will not resolve the crisis. Just like the power crisis, the water crisis faced by Gauteng is yet another man-made problem and municipalities, such as Ekurhuleni, should be brought to book for negligence. Citizens' right to have enough, clean water is entrenched in the constitution. This right requires proactive and continual infrastructure investment as well as sound management by local authoritie
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