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Politici moenie in beheer wees van watervoorsiening nie \u2013 dis \u2019n tegniese taak vir professionele ingenieurs, s\u00ea dr. Sean Phillips, direkteur-generaal van water en sanitasie (DWS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDie werklike verskaffing van waterdienste van dag tot dag moenie deur politieke leiers bestuur word nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWaterdiensteverskaffing is \u2019n professionele ingenieursfunksie, en moet op \u2019n professionele manier deur vaardige ingenieurs en wetenskaplikes betuur word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Om dit te vermag, moet die nasionale waterkrisiskomitee se eerste prioriteit wees om munisipaliteite te help om hul water- en sanitasiedepartemente in nutsmaatskappye te verander, s\u00ea Phillips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lees die volle berig deur senior joernalis Jana Marx in die eerste uitgawe van Die Papier.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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