Free State towns are currently facing severe water crises
11 January 2018
There are currently more than twenty towns in the Free State that either have no water at all, or they are experiencing water supply disruptions with extremely unhygienic water coming from their taps. This was discovered in a survey conducted by the DA representatives.
Water problems in these towns are mainly due to the faulty, and often non-functioning, water treatment plants and dilapidated pipes, while some dams are completely dry.
In 2013 the DA sent a formal demand to the then COGTA MEC, Olly Mlamleli, urging her to come up with a concrete action plan on how this crisis will be resolved with immediate effect. To date nothing has been done. Even the current COGTA MEC has not come up with a plan to avert this crisis.
The towns currently experiencing a water crisis that were identified in the DA’s survey are: