No ‘water crisis’ in SA — department allays fears amid 54-hour shutdown

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Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu said on Monday SA does not have a water crisis, despite a 54-hour “water shutdown” in parts of Gauteng.He said the term ‘water shutdown’ used by Rand Water in its announcement of the planned outage had been misunderstood by those who thought it meant being completely without water.Mchunu added that SA has a water scarcity issue, but this does not mean there’s a crisis.

“SA has less water than its needs overall. If you lift your eyes and say ‘how much water do we have in the country?’ it will always be less than the demand, but that does not mean we are in a crisis. If we manage water that is available at the moment, we will manage, we will go on well,” said the minister.

Why has the man ran away with this 54 hours thing. They clearly explained why or if you don't think it's necessary you can always consult civil engineers to see if there was any other way

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