A perfect storm has hit South Africa's economic hub, which is facing a water crisis to match its power disaster. And not only is there no water and no electricity, there’s also no one steering the ship. | IamAlexSweet
“[The new government] may scrap these projects to focus on informal settlements. It’s easy to put up a few JoJo tanks but that is short-term planning and it doesn’t resolve the issue. Without a stable water supply it becomes expensive to keep filling up the tanks with water and in this heat the tanks get empty quickly.”
Water expert Anthony Turton said the water issues in Johannesburg was the same as it was everywhere in South Africa.The typical strategy to store water in a city is to ensure there is enough water for 48 hours. For example, you count the residents and their water consumption and multiply it by 48 hours. This gives you the necessary backup. If there is load shedding for 12 hours that takes away a quarter of the water [pumped for storage in the reservoir], which is not replaced.
Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Project also determines the building of new water reservoirs in Johannesburg. “We’ve been asked to bring between 2l to 5l of water each so we can flush the toilets. The risk is of cross infections, clearly as the hygiene practises [cannot be met] if the toilets have no water.
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