#WaterWednesday: Water is a technical problem that requires technical solutions

OFM Agri considers that South Africans use well above the global average of 173 litres of water per day. This is also largely due to leakage from ailing infrastructure. Government has acknowledged that inadequate funding, vandalism, sewage losses, construction issues, lack of capacity and cooperation, as well as infrastructure deterioration continue to persist and that R89.8 billion more would be needed each year for the next 10 years to achieve water security. OFM content manager, Elzette Boucher-Kruger spoke to Prof Anthony Turton, a water expert from the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State.