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The Department of Water and Sanitation is embarking on its annual Clear Rivers Campaign, under the theme “South Africa is a water scarce country, clean up and protect water resources”.

The Clear River campaign is one attempt by the Department to ensure clean rivers and allow poverty stricken communities near rivers to have clean and usable water. In this way, we are ensuring dignity of the poor amongst us a nation.

The Department is aware that there are still people with no access to piped water and they use water from various natural water resources such as streams and rivers. The Clear Rivers campaign is one attempt by the Department of Water and Sanitation to ensure clean rivers and allow for poverty stricken communities near rivers to have clean and usable water. In this way, we are ensuring dignity of the poor amongst us as a nation.

The objective of this campaign is to undertake a collaborative effort and actively engage communities as well as promoting and creating on-going awareness and education on protecting our water resources. Fostering volunteerism among communities is actively encouraged as part of a proactive approach to protecting our rivers, streams, wetlands and other water ecosystems, given the drought that still persist in some parts of the country.