The water and environmental affairs deputy minister Mme Rejoice Mabudafhasi congratulated winners of the 2013 Water Sector Awards on Water Conservation and Water Demand Management (WC/WDM).
The awards were held at Gallagher Estate over the weekend.
“According to the study conducted by the Water Research Commission, the country loses at least 37% of its water through Non-Revenue Water. This equates to about R7 Billion loss per annum in revenue for municipalities. Our future water security and sustainability will only be guaranteed when government, private sector and civil society take the responsibility of conserving and preserving the water resources which we have access to today”, said Mabudafhasi.
The winners were awarded in recognition and acknowledgement of their initiatives in water conservation and water demand management per category as follows:
AGRICULTURE
Position 1: Lower Olifants River Water Users Association – Western Cape;
Position 2: Water Research Commission – Gauteng;
BUSINESS
Position 1: Sun City Resort – North West;
Position 2: Garden Court Hartfield – Gauteng;
INDUSTRY, MINING AND POWER GENERATION
Position 1: Richards Bay Minerals – KwaZulu Natal;
Position 2: Eskom – Gauteng;
Position 3: Optimum Coal Mine – Mpumalanga;
DOMESTIC OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local Municipalities
Position 1: Emfuleni (Sasol & GIZ) – Gauteng;
Position 2: Drakenstein – Western Cape;
Position 3: New Castle – KwaZulu Natal
Metropolitan and District Municipalities
Position 1: City of Cape Town – Western Cape;
Position 2: Johannesburg Water – Gauteng;
Position 3: City of Tshwane – Gauteng
