We take water for granted

WHILE KwaZulu-Natal suffers in the aftermath of the recent floods, the patience of some residents who do not have access to water is dwindling.

Since the floods, certain municipalities have been working around the clock with no success, leaving some communities abandoned and scrambling for water. This has resulted in violence as people waged a war to secure the fading drops of water.

Even the water tankers were giving preferential treatment to some residents. This has exposed our dependency on municipalities that cannot meet the basic needs of our society.

The shortage of water has exposed how much more resourceful we need to become. It has been a hard lesson to learn but it taught us that for the future we need to save.

The dilemma for most of us is that we take water for granted. We assume it will be accessible all the time. Water is a gift of life and we need to save every drop.

The time has come for us to conserve water in our homes. Just one leaky tap would waste about 300 litres of water a day. My plea to you is to please save water because without water we are all doomed. Love the saying by Benjamin Franklin: “When the wells dry, we know the worth of water.”

DHAYALAN MOODLEY

Mobeni Heights