Physical losses (water leaks) in the Johannesburg municipality accounted for 30% of what was supplied by Rand Water.
Last month, Johannesburg Water senior networks manager Logan Munsamy blamed population growth in the city as one of the reasons for water shortages.The Joburg municipality loses at least 464 million litres of water a day through leaks, which results in it struggling to provide water to some parts of the city. Speaking to Saturday Citizen yesterday, Rand Water chief executive Sipho Mosai said of the five billion litres it pumped every day, 1.
Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu said Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi should consider announcing that the province was full and lock all the gates to deal with the crisis. In summer, Mosai said, water consumption was expected to rise.“My production is five billion litres of water a day and I think Johannesburg consumes 1.6 billion litres a day. If the consumption was within the agreed amount with the city, water would not be a problem.
Addressing the issues of nonpayment from municipalities, Mosai said this was a problem because Rand Water was a self-sufficient body.
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