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Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu will lead a two-day Water Services

This is in response to the outcomes of the Blue Drop and No Drop reports and the Green Drop progress assessment report released in December.

Report reveals bleak situation for water standards in South Africa. Nearly half of drinking water should be boiled before consumption!

He says there is a limit as to what national government can do about the problem

Climate change: Reports by the Department of Water and Sanitation show a complete deterioration in quality controls across the country.

Overstrand Municipality’s water management scored a whopping 99,99% in the national Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS) Blue Drop rating process, which was the highest score of all metros and local municipalities in the whole of South Africa f

Limpopo and Polokwane especially, have long been struggling with water, and Lepelle Northern Water (LNW) recently signed a R18.5bn contract to upgrade two water-scheme systems: Dr Nndweleni Mphephu – Chair, LNW Water board.

Eugene Brink says SAns can work around much but not all state collapse

Experts from WaterCan have predicted that South Africa could run out of clean drinking water in 10 years if the water crisis continues.

Johannesburg Water says its systems have shown much improvement over the past 24 hours due to interventions put in place.