‘The government is doing very little to mitigate the consequences this will have for everyone living in SA,’ says Amnesty SA’s Shenilla Mohamed
Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu, on a visit to Nelson Mandela Bay on Monday, activated the recently completed KwaNobuhle Pump Station at the Chelsea reservoir, which will pump water from the Nooitgedacht scheme to the western parts of the city, which are expected to run out of water first. With him is Bay mayor Eugene Johnson. Picture: WERNER HILLS
It is predicted that SA will face the biggest water crisis the country has experienced in the next decade, compounded by: Thirty-seven percent of clean, potable water is being lost and wasted through poor infrastructure, such as leaking pipes, and is particularly prevalent in drought-prone areas such as Nelson Mandela Bay, where it is estimated that leaks account for 29% of the metro’s water losses.
In KwaZulu-Natal, the state of eThekwini’s water infrastructure was already in a precarious position before the April floods, said Mohamed, adding that experts interviewed by Amnesty SA who reported that regular maintenance of water infrastructure might have mitigated some of the damage that occurred.
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