Johannesburg water crisis: Here are the top ten consumers
Johannesburg Water has released a list of the worst water wasters as residents in Gauteng metro municipalities battle outages.
As water woes persist in the City of Gold, Johannesburg Water has released a list of the top ten areas that consume the most water.
The list was released as several suburbs continue to battle with dry taps due to planned and unplanned water outages.
LIST OF TOP TEN WATER CONSUMERS IN JOHANNESBURG
Experts have warned that the water system in Johannesburg is on the verge of collapse. However City of Joburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says there is no crisis in the City of Gold.
Gwamanda told the Daily Maverick that several areas in the metro have experienced water outages at some point. These have been isolated or linked to several factors, such as power outages, vandalism, infrastructure theft, etc.
Furthermore, he said the City’s current water and sanitation infrastructure backlog is estimated to be R27 billion, and the City is spending only R1 billion annually on infrastructure. Ideally, this should be R3 billion to attend to the backlogs decisively.