The Polokwane municipality in Limpopo has a water deficit and can't meet the daily needs of its residents despite the supply of 59 megalitres a day by bulk supplier Lepelle Northern Water.
The Polokwane municipality is unable to meet its overall total of 99 megalitres a day to satisfy the needs of residents.
In an interview with News24, LNW chief executive officer Dr Cornelius Ruiters provided an overview of the technical and operational responsibilities of his organisation to supply water to Polokwane, which has faced a crisis since August this year.Gauteng's three biggest metros now hit with water cuts as reservoirs run dry while heatwave rolls on
"We provide to the [water] reservoirs – Kruger, Potgieter and others. Polokwane municipality's responsibility is to distribute inside the city.An overview of the challenges and opportunities of the climate crisis, as it changes the world we know.The municipality had previously blamed LNW for the city's severe water crisis, with the executive mayor, John Mpe, threatening to withhold a R26 million monthly payment to LNW.
The additional funding would be used to complete its own two schemes – the Seshego Water Treatment Water Project and Seshego/Bloodriver Wellfields – which had total funding of R265 million in 2019, but the money has been depleted.
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