Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has assured the public that the country will not run out of water. He says there are plans to build more dams. Ageing infrastructure and leaking pipes have been highlighted as contributing to the water challenges in the country.
Mahlobo was addressing delegates at the Next Generation Water Efficient Sanitation Technologies Investment Summit in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Mahlobo says as much as there are water challenges in some provinces, including in Gauteng , the countrys taps will not run dry by 2030.
"As a country we will not at all run out of water by the year 2030. There is a lot of work that we are actually doing to ensure that we build more dams and more infrastructure projects so that at least we are able to catch water when there is enough rain because we all know that climate change is a contributing factor to challenges, we are facing,"
Mahlobo says a lot of water is lost, especially at municipal level.
