Government’s statement on water accessibility issues corroborated the UN’s latest World Water Development report’s warning of an ‘imminent risk’ of a global water shortage crisis.
JOHANNESBURG - Government said that while urbanisation, ageing infrastructure, and climate change were impacting the country's water supply, universal water provision was still a major problem.
This came after Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu's acknowledgement of his department's failure to provide Gauteng’s needed daily intake of 4,500 mega-litres of water. Water expert Anthony Turton said there was a strong possibility of a day zero in the province if nothing was done to resolve the structural and governance issues that were plaguing the water sector.
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