Audit of water boards raises concern over finances and quality of water
Water losses as a result of ageing infrastructure that is not properly maintained caused a total of 74.7-million kilolitres of water lost
14 September 2022 - 18:24
Auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke on Wednesday painted a bleak picture of the country’s main state-owned water boards, revealing that only four out of nine achieved above 80% of their planned targets. She cited irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure running into billions of rand.
Water losses as a result of ageing infrastructure that is not properly maintained caused a total of 74.7-million kilolitres of water lost, or R794m in lost revenue. ..
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