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googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('footerleaderboard'); }); Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says the City?s rapid growth over the past decade has added strain to its water supply.

Residents are bearing the brunt of the crisis, facing crippling water cuts and shortages. South Africa as a whole grapples with a dire water crisis, driven by crumbling infrastructure, drought and high consumption, particularly in Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Limpopo.

Morero says they are working on building new structures while repairing the old reservoirs, in Johannesburg.

?It will be not correct to say nothing has been done; a reservoir in Region-B, in Brixton, has been completed. It means in that area you are now brought extra capacity to be able to store water. But we must also accept the system itself in some instances would collapse as a result of power failure or any other reasons that may cause it to collapse and our task is to ensure we intervene at a that point,? the Mayor says.

Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero says the city’s rapid growth over the past decade has added strain to its water supply. Residents are bearing the brunt of the crisis, facing crippling water cuts and shortages. https://t.co/YawBkYHzEF pic.twitter.com/WeWKlzW4pA

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You must also accept that Johannesburg has grown and the City must catch up in terms of its water and sewer infrastructure.