South Africa: Government Must Declare War On Water Leaks

press release

Despite South Africa being a water-scarce country, millions of kilolitres of water are lost every month due to failing municipal infrastructure.

A reply to a Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary question has revealed that an average of 22.2 million kilolitres of water is lost every month through transmission leakage in KwaZulu-Natal alone. That is an average loss of 40% of the monthly water supply between July 2011 and April 2012 (equivalent to 70% of the whole of Midmar Dam over one year). The Minister of Water needs to intensify the war on water leaks.

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