BUSISIWE MAVUSO: State of water and wastewater treatment is sliding deeper into the dwang
Putting the health of our citizens at risk and jeopardising the security of the country’s clean water supply is a serious crime
24 April 2022 - 16:17
In SA it’s easy to swing from hope to despair. As we continue to make important, albeit slow, progress in restructuring our economy to overcome structural shortcomings and improve efficiencies, new problems keep surfacing, or old ones re-emerge because the issues weren’t addressed adequately the first time round. Of course, there’s always a policy or action plan somewhere gathering dust.
The country’s water and wastewater treatment works are in a critical state, and while there are plans in place to address most of the problems, the situation just seems to be getting worse...
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