Water and Sanitation on using water wisely

DWS calls on everyone to use water wisely as we welcome spring and summer seasons

The North West Province has very limited water resources especially in the Dr. Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality and Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality where there are short-lived rivers and dependence is largely on ground water. The province is drought stricken and experiences high temperatures during the summer season which result in reservoir levels dropping and this puts the water resources under severe pressure.

Due to the current climate patterns, high temperatures, the changing rainfall patterns and the increased occurrence of droughts, the province experienced below normal water levels in the Sehujwane, Marico-Bosveld, Kromellenboog, Swartruggens, Pella, Molatedi, Lindleyspoort and Koster dams.

As a result, the North West Department of Water and Sanitation’s Provincial Operations is calling on all citizens of the province to use water wisely as they welcome spring and summer seasons. “The province has water availability challenges and demand will be high during these seasons for both domestic and agricultural use and the best we can do is to conserve this scarce resource”, said Mr Sputnik Ratau the spokesperson for the Department of Water and Sanitation.  

South Africa is ranked amongst the 30 driest countries in the world hence we are urging everyone to take responsibility in water conservation to avoid future water crises. “There is nothing that can be done without water, we drink it, we use it for food security, we do mining with it, we bath with it but somehow we always forget that it is a scarce resource and plays an important role in our daily lives.”

“As we welcome spring and the summer seasons, we would like to remind our people that water is a scarce resource and should be conserved, respected and enjoyed. Water is key to our socio-economic development, without it we cannot achieve our government priorities such as infrastructure development, food security and cannot produce food without water”, reiterated Mr Sputnik Ratau.

Furthermore, the Department of Water and Sanitation and its key stakeholders will continue implementing various water resource reconciliation interventions in order to address the challenges faced by the water sector within the province.

These include the development and implementation of Water Conservation/Water Demand Management intervention measures, augmentation from local water supplies, augmentation based on non-conventional methods, water transfers from other supply areas and water reallocation between and across sectors.

For more information contact:
Sputnik Ratau
Cell: 082 874 2942

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