JOHANNESBURG - Residents are being urged to plan ahead and manage their water supply wisely, as taps threaten to run dry.
Some communities have faced days or even weeks without a reliable supply.
Municipalities are battling infrastructure failures, poor maintenance, drought, and alleged sabotage.
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Water and Sanitation Department Director General Sean Phillips says there is a range of different reforms underway in the water sector
Among those is creating the national water resource infrastructure agency to enable the management of big national dams and revenue collection from the sale of water from those dams.
According to Phillips, this will, in turn will enable the department to raise more money in the private sector to invest in water infrastructure.
Adding to this, Phillips says efforts are being made to improve municipal water and sanitation service delivery.
To date, he says there is an Act before Parliament which, if passed, will require municipalities to have a minimum level of capabilities in their department which provides the water and sanitation services