Zikalala intervenes to address KZN's water crisis
Durban - With KwaZulu-Natal gripped by a water crisis, Premier Sihle Zikalala announced a string of interventions, including the rerouting of rivers into small dams, drilling more boreholes and the scrapping of privately owned water tanks, to address the emergency.
He said the level of the province’s big dams at the beginning of November sat at 53%, 5% lower than at the same time last year. “The supply of dams in the Umgeni water systems is around 58%. The second largest supply system, uMhlathuze which covers Richards Bay, uPhongolo and Empangeni, has dams sitting at a 40% level.
“Water restrictions are still there and we are emphasising that, domestic use should be 20%, agricultural use at 25% and industrial use at 7%,” said Zikalala.
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