51% of South Africa’s drinking water is of poor to bad microbiological water quality status.
The Department of Water and Sanitation says that the quality of South Africa’s drinking water is worrying.
VROOM: The Very Rough Order of Measurement provides an estimate funding required to restore existing treatment infrastructure to its original design capacity and operations, by addressing civil, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation defects. Out of all the systems, 85% were found to be in average, good, and excellent condition, whilst 15% were found to be in poor and critical condition.
However, the biggest issue regards drinking water quality, with only 38% and 11% of systems achieving excellent and good microbiological quality, respectively.51% of the drinking water measured had poor to bad microbiological water quality status. It added that it will continue to monitor performance with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, the South African Local Government Association, Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent , and water institutions that fail to meet safe drinking water standards.
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