Over a period of five years, Johannesburg Water will spend about R1-billion annually on the upgrading and rehabilitation of infrastructure, it said on Thursday.
Addressing the media at the Glenvista Depot in Johannesburg, Ros Greeff, of Joburg’s mayoral committee for infrastructure and services, said the money would be spent to ensure that occurrences such as burst water pipes were reduced.
This comes after a study was conducted to establish patterns of burst water pipes across the city.
Greeff assured city residents and the business community that the water services in the city would not be disrupted, adding that the planned projects for water and sanitation services would continue.
A number of projects introduced in the 2006/07 financial year included Gcina’amanzi (save water) — where pre-paid water metres were installed in Soweto to eradicate water losses.
”All these projects have the objective of improving service delivery and customer satisfaction by updating and extending Johannesburg Water infrastructure and replacing old and outdated infrastructure,” said Greeff. — Sapa