The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and Rand Water, working with all Water Service Authorities (WSA) within the Gauteng Province, have put in place the following measures to curb shortages of bulk water in the province:
- Rand Water commissioned the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant on 31 August 2023. The Zuikerbosch WTW will provide an additional 150ML/d into the water supply system and WSAs are expected to provide DWS with detailed plans on how the additional water will be used more efficiently.
- Municipalities are encouraged to fix leakages that result in high non-revenue water losses.
- Rand Water and Water Service Authorities are implementing Water Conservation/Water Demand management measures.
- Municipalities are raising awareness to water users to reduce consumption of water.
- DWS is also engaging all municipalities in Gauteng to build more reservoirs to curb water outages.
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