South African water theft

[James]

South Africa is losing the equivalent of 4.3 million swimming pools of water a year because of leaky pipes and theft, The Sunday Times reported.

According to the newspaper, a Water Research Commission (WRC) study had indicated that South Africa lost 1.58 billion kilolitres of water a year, or just under 132m k/l a month.

This was enough water to fill a third of the Gariep Dam, the largest in South Africa.

The water loss reportedly...read more here: South African water theft

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Indeed. Not much that can be done about it though short of replace all the piping. Most of it is Apartheid era infrastructure & its been slow disintegrating for a while...