SA needs R126bn for bulk water projects, says David Mahlobo
Huge investment needed for projects over the next decade to address scarcity, says deputy minister
23 July 2020 - 20:10
SA, which is ranked highly among the main water-scarce countries in the world, will require R126bn to fund bulk water and sanitation infrastructure projects over the next 10 years, water and sanitation deputy minister David Mahlobo said.
SA remained a water-scarce country because of insufficient water infrastructure maintenance and investment, recurrent droughts, deteriorating water quality and “a lack of skilled water engineers, scientists, hydrologists, geohydrologists and resource economists”...
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