The City of Ekurhuleni has maintained its Blue Drop status, awarded by the National Department of Water and Sanitation.
The Blue Drop certification rewards excellence in the area of water quality management which surpasses the requirement of the national norms and standards by some reasonable margin.
“This prestigious certification is awarded to municipalities who, according to the certification programme criteria, achieve a score above 95 per cent,” said Ekurhuleni mayor Clr Mondli Gungubele.
“The City of Ekurhuleni, at 96.25 per cent, is the top scoring municipality, leading others in Gauteng.”
The certification does not reflect only the quality of tap water, but the municipality’s ability to sustain its quality.
This includes its preparedness to deal with any incident that may pose a health risk to the public.
Gungubele also stated that the metro was granted the second best ranking in the area of No Drop (Non-Revenue Water loss) by the Department of Water and Sanitation, for its efforts to preserve water.
The municipality reported that non-revenue water has been reduced from 40,3 per cent in June 2013, to 32.5 per cent in April 2016
The City of Ekurhuleni intends to further reduce the 32.5 per cent through various community intensive programmes.
Already, 100 community ambassadors have been recruited to strengthen the water loss programme through the collecting of data and evaluating leakages.
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