Millions of litres of water are lost due to leaks and vandalism, and where there is water 71% of supply systems don't meet the required safety levels.
presented by the Mpumalanga Department of Human Settlements to the national council of provinces noted an acute deficit in terms of water resources, where sources such as the dams have already dried in areas such as in Dr. JS Moroka LM.
According to the report, high distribution water losses was due to aged infrastructure , and aged infrastructure – especially pipes that were laid between 1920 and 1940 – that can no longer cope with the demand, especially in the fast-growing towns. Vandalism of the existing infrastructure, including people drilling into pipes during illegal connections have also resulted in excessive water distribution losses, with deficiency in the skills for operations and maintenance of existing infrastructure compounding the problem.
Water security is also a challenge in eMalahleni local municipality, with its current demand of 161,92 million litres eclipsing the available supply of 122.49 million litres a day. The report advised that the war on leaks programme needs to be resuscitated, as it has previously assisted in dealing leakages.
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