Power Cuts Playing Havoc With South Africa’s Water System

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South Africans had to deal with the worst-ever series of power cuts in 2022. The country lost a record 205 days of electricity due to constant breakdowns at the coal-fired power plants run by Eskom, the state-owned electricity utility. The plants are old and have not been sufficiently maintained. The country’s energy crisis has been escalating since April 2008, when scheduled power cuts were first implemented.

One of the biggest casualties of more than a decade of severe power outages has been the country’s water processing and distribution networks. The most recent, and escalated, blackouts have led to water utilities in parts of the country issuing warnings about damage to water supply infrastructure and operations, Anja Du Plessis writes for The Conversation.

Source: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00084627.html