GAUTENG will not run out of water in the near future as conservationists have claimed, the national Water Affairs Department says.
"It is incorrect to say that 80percent of South Africa's water will be so polluted, that it will not be possible for it to be treated to potable quality and that Gauteng will be worst affected, as the Environment Conservation Association (ECA) claims," spokesperson Mava Scott said.
Gauteng had a "world-class water system" . purified to comply with . those of the World Health Organisation, Scott said.
A recent media report quoted the ECA as estimating that in five years almost 80percent of water would be so badly polluted that no process of purification would be able to make it fit for human or animal use.
Water affairs rejects pollution claim
GAUTENG will not run out of water in the near future as conservationists have claimed, the national Water Affairs Department says.
"It is incorrect to say that 80percent of South Africa's water will be so polluted, that it will not be possible for it to be treated to potable quality and that Gauteng will be worst affected, as the Environment Conservation Association (ECA) claims," spokesperson Mava Scott said.
Gauteng had a "world-class water system" . purified to comply with . those of the World Health Organisation, Scott said.
A recent media report quoted the ECA as estimating that in five years almost 80percent of water would be so badly polluted that no process of purification would be able to make it fit for human or animal use.
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