Disaster is a way off

South Africa is not facing a water crisis, despite reports of an impending drought disaster. "In terms of availability there is no crisis," said Harrison Pienaar, a water expert with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research."The problems lie in inefficiency of usage and poor management."Earlier this month, DA leader Mmusi Maimane described the country's water problem as "disastrous", saying that dams in KwaZulu-Natal would be depleted in two months if there was not sufficient rain.