At the weekend, Joburg Water announced that part of its water system had crashed, resulting in empty reservoirs.
JOHANNESBURG - Government has been called on to react and step in immediately as the water system in Gauteng takes strain, with fears of a total collapse.
Joburg Water will be meeting with the ministry of water and sanitation on Monday to discuss the crisis. Professor Anthony Turton from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State said that too much water was being lost. "Some parts of the country loses as much as 60% of the water. In Gauteng, it's a little below 50% of the water that's lost. So for every 100 litres of water that Rand Water puts in the pipe, only 50% comes out the other side and then that 50% is not enough for everybody.
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