Given the astronomically high levels of unemployment and poverty in Makhanda, the option to buy water from the private sector is the exclusive preserved of the fortunate.
The UDM welcomes the interventions by the Gift of the Givers as well as their associate, Dr Gideon Groenewald, hydrologist and geologist who drilled 455 metres into a rock to produce no less than 20 000 litres of pure drinking water per day.