Department of Water and Sanitation

MORE than R100 million has been prioritised for, and moved to, the water and sanitation capital budget to support drought mitigation and water ...

“After this immediate crisis we will keep strictly to our restriction directives and force demand down by any manner necessary. The Department of Water and Sanitation has increased the allocation from the Kouga Dam for the new water year; however, this dam also supplies water for agricultural purposes and to the Kouga Local Municipality. A number of these projects are expected to be completed by the end of March 2023,” he said. We as residents need to reduce our demand by at least 10% as soon as possible,” he said. “Nelson Mandela Bay residents, we are not blaming you for this crisis. Meanwhile, as a means of desperately trying to keep the metro’s taps from running dry, the municipality has had to advise the Department of Water and Sanitation that they would be temporarily suspending compliance to water restriction directives.