Water Cuts

Johannesburg’s Alexander Park reservoir is taking strain, leaving taps dry for days

Water scarcity in dry places has long shaped how people have used the resource

Whether the ANC can keep the lights on will be a key factor heading into elections

Extracting too much water from the Vaal River system will result in a worse crisis

Rand Water, Johannesburg Water and the department of water and sanitation are to meet civil society groups on Saturday

Our water use is higher than the global average – and we need to fix infrastructure to reduce losses

Water outages have left many communities with dry spells since August as the city struggles with prolonged recovery periods of Rand Water and Johannesburg Water supply systems

Gauteng water users need to use water ‘more carefully and efficiently’, says water expert

Causes are a growing population, ageing infrastructure, poor governance and leaks

The reasons change and the blame game goes on while people struggle with severe water shortages

‘Significant intervention’ is needed or the power crisis will deteriorate further, council says

Load-shedding has hastened the collapse of poorly maintained and managed municipal systems

The fact that we are lamenting water cuts speaks volumes of our privilege, particularly when there are parts of the country where people have to walk kilometres to get a few…

Municipalities have failed to maintain their existing infrastructure for providing residents with water

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