South Africa has launched the National Water Access Acceleration Programme, through the decentralised water supply schemes, amid the need to expand access to safe and reliable water to underserved communities across South Africa.
The National Water Access Acceleration Programme is designed to fast-track practical, sustainable and fit-for-purpose water solutions, with the aim of expanding access to safe and reliable water services for unserved and underserved communities across the country.
“The programme is intended to shorten the time between identifying a community’s need and delivering a working water supply. It will use solutions suited to local conditions rather than waiting in every instance for large, complex infrastructure projects,” Ramaphosa said in his ‘From the desk of the President’ newsletter on Monday.
The programme was officiated by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday in Hammanskraal in Gauteng, where boreholes were handed over to the Hammanskraal community and the Klipdrift package water treatment plant was officially commissioned to boost water treatment capacity.
Hammanskraal has faced significant water quality and supply challenges over the last few years, with the region facing limited water access and a cholera outbreak that led to the loss of lives.
