#WaterStewardship: Protecting South Africa's 'water factories'

Speaking at the 7th annual Water Stewardship Event held virtually this week, Yakeen Atwaru, director of resource directed measures at the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), shared some stark figures: 3 million people in South Africa do not have access to basic water supply and 14.1 million do not have access to safe sanitation; more than 50% of South Africa's wetlands have been lost and of those that remain, 33% are in a poor ecological condition; municipalities are losing millions of litres of water per year through non-revenue water, equating to about R9.9bn annually.
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