JOHANNEBSURG - Urgent intervention is needed to avoid a total collapse of the water system.
This is the dire warning from the Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of SA.
It blames the crisis on municipalities mismanaging funds.
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The association says they owe water boards over 20-billion rand which impacts their ability to deliver.
eNCA’s Manqoba Mchunu reports.