The NTU has been conducting meetings with the Water Affairs Department to find ways to resolve the breakdown in sewerage management in many towns. The Department has acknowledged that innovative ways must be found to deal with these huge problems and has promised to liaise and assist where-ever possible. They have been given a budget of R200 million to deal with sewage problems.
It is now up to each rate-payers’ association to take up the issue: they must investigate and inspect the state of sewerage treatment in their towns, and report this to the NTU’s Water Committee, as well as the contact at DWAF, Sizwe Mkhize. Sizwe’s address is: MkhizeS2@dwaf.gov.za]