South Africa’s biggest cities are out of water, but the dams are full —what’s gone wrong.
Yet the average domestic water use is estimatedHigh consumption is partly attributed to high municipal non-revenue water.This means that 41% of water is lost due to leakages owing to poor operation and maintenance of existing aged water infrastructure, commercial losses caused by meter manipulation or other forms of water theft and lastly, unbilled authorised consumption such as firefighting.
Government spending on infrastructure reached its peak in the 1960s to late 1970s. There was then a steady decline from 1977. Fifth, a multi-layered and complex system of managing water resources. Numerous stakeholders at different levels of government play a role in the management of waterThe Department of Water and Sanitation is the custodian of the country’s water. It is ultimately responsible for ensuring that water resources are protected, used, developed, conserved, managed and controlled effectively.
Other managing agents include catchment management agencies , water user institutions as well as water service authorities which include local government and municipalities, water utilities and private firms responsible for governing domestic water supply services.
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