Is the water crisis becoming as big as the electricity crisis?

Steve Hedden – Research at the Institute of Security Studies. Mr Sputnik Ratau – Media liason at the Dept. of Water and Sanitation.South Africans use 235 litres of water each a day compared to the international average of 173 litres - which is pushing the country into a water crisis that will, within a decade, rival the electricity catastrophe. This is coupled with ageing infrastructure and a backlog of water delivery to communities because not enough money is being pumped into infrastructure. This is the picture painted by the Institute of Security Studies in a report called “Parched Prospects: The emerging water crisis in South Africa” which was released last year.