Thursday, June 25, 2015

NEWS: Half of the people using water in Joburg do not pay for it

Half of the people using the City of Johannesburg’s water are not paying for it.

The Johannesburg CBD.  Picture: THE TIMES

They are not on Johannesburg Water’s billed customer database, which has recorded the same number of meters for the past three years, despite growth in housing developments and connections to the city’s water service.

Records show that there are between 320,000 and 330,000 meters on the database and this number has not changed for the past three years.

However, official population statistics indicate that the City of Johannesburg should be receiving water-service payments from about 650,000 account holders.

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