With the Churchill Dam expected to run dry in just 16 days, renewed efforts to plug the thousands of leaks driving Nelson Mandela Bay’s water crisis are under way.
Calling for unity in the Nelson Mandela Bay community, Chris Moseki, acting director of climate change analysis in the Department of Water and Sanitation, said on Wednesday that the entire community must take responsibility for the little water that remained. And mayor Eugené Johnson, in a rar.
A lack of planning, the devastating impact of ongoing political instability and the fragility of the current water supply system have been highlighted by the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber as major concerns as the city nears Day Zero when its supply dams will run dry.
Welcome rain fell in the catchment areas for Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams at the end of last week and over the weekend, but this did little to improve the metro’s critical water situation. Welcome rain fell in the catchment areas for Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams at the end of last week and over.
In less than a month, Nelson Mandela Bay will become the first South African metro to run out of water. The metro’s water chief has called for prayers as the disaster moves closer, confirming that water for drinking, washing, flushing toilets and fighting fires will be severely limited.