WATER CRISIS: Department of Water and Sanitation signals renewed efforts to manage SA’s water and sewerage systems By Ayanda Mthethwa
that South Africa would need R23-billion to prevent the collapse of the country’s wastewater treatment plants. This was according to the Green Drop report released by then Department of Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica. However, the full report has not been released almost a decade later. A summary of the report was last released in 2013.
The situation was no different during the commission’s site inspection on Thursday. Head of the sanitation project SANDF Colonel Andries Mahapa told the commission that they had used R61-million from their budget to remedy the situation. Despite this, only 20% of the water has been treated and made safe for consumption since their deployment. He said more work could have been done if funds had been made available, as promised by the department.
Speaking at a media briefing, Nkwinti announced that the department would allocate another R341-million to the Vaal River project.
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