Catastrophic water leak uncovered between Midvaal and Alberton

MIDVAAL - The Freedom Front Plus says a shocking 2,000 kiloliters of water is wasted per second at Randwater's burst water supply pipes in the Kromvlei area between Midvaal and Alberton, while residents of Gauteng struggle with water restrictions. A FFPlus delegation, led by Amanda de Lange, who made an inspection visit to this area, saw the waste of precious water for themselves and considers it a criminal offence to waste water in this way. It was also noticed that sewage from Randwater's housing complex was being dumped into the Klipriver. The water is pumped from the Vaal Dam through the Emfuleni local municipality where it is distributed by pipeline to, among others, the Ekurhuleni and the Johannesburg metros, the Midvaal local municipality and other adjacent municipalities. The FF Plus says that despite the fact that Randwater seems to have been aware of the burst water supply pipes for the past three years, the department of cooperative government and traditional affairs recently announced that Randwater had to return R355-million to the national treasury because it was not used not. The FF Plus calls for a responsible coalition government to address the water crisis and points to the failure of the ANC government to address the situation.