Gauteng launches water data hub for residents to track shortages and repair issues

South Africa is a water scarce country. In other words, it has an excess of demand over available supply. It also has low water security, or the ability to ensure sustainable access to good quality water.The country’s economic hub and biggest population centre, Gauteng has suffered sequential water crises that have been a blend of both factors combined with others, such as a lack of maintenance.Caroline Southey from The Conversation Africa put questions to Craig Sheridan, director of the Centre in Water Research and Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, about the…