Tshwane must declare war on water leaks – Msimanga
The DA has called on Tshwane metro to address water leaks in Soshanguve.
David Matsena
With South Africa presently experiencing a lack of rainfall, DA Mayoral candidate Solly Msimanga has called on the Tshwane metro to address the water leakages around Soshanguve.
Msimanga said water was a very scarce commodity in the country and the municipality could not afford to waste millions of kilolitres of water every month due to a failing municipal infrastructure.
He said an average of 30% water was lost, resulting in millions of kilolitres lost every month through transmission leakage alone. “The city council needs to intensify the war on water leaks,” said Msimanga.
He said the water supply is being lost due to poor hydraulic infrastructure maintenance. “There are a number of factors to this; roads are damaged, it causes health risks because kids play with the water in the street and people drink dirty water.”
Aggressive targets for reducing water losses need to be established. He said access to clean drinking water was a constitutionally enshrined progressive right, and government simply has to do more to realise it. Fixing leaks in municipal infrastructure is one of the first interventions required to secure our water resources. Reducing leaks alone could reduce the need for new bulk infrastructure projects, like dams, in certain parts of the country.
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