Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is on a mission to eradicate bucket system toilets in the Free State.
The department has completed work in four towns, Dealsville, Fouresmith, Boshoff and Reddersburg.
“To date 13 880 toilets have been built but some lack the bulk water supply due to the drought and lack of infrastructure. There are approximately 1 800 newly flushing toilets completed.
“The rest of the toilets will flush as soon as the bulk water supply is completed. The town of Hertzogville will be completed before the end of September 2016,” the department said in a statement on Friday.
To respond to the drought and water scarcity, the department said it will be looking into grey water reticulation in the towns of Reitz, Petrussteyn, Lindley, Arlington, Senekal and Clocolan.
“This project will mainly focus on recycling water that is flushed, cleaning and redirecting it to use in toilets only.”
Drop-a-Block campaign
In a bid to reduce water flushed in toilets, the department has also come up with an initiative called the Drop-a-Block campaign, which is aimed at reducing the use of water from 9 litres to 7 litres with every flush.
The user simply drops a green odourless, non-perishable plastic block filled with sand into the toilet cistern.
The department said it will soon be rolling out the blocks to all towns in the Free State for use in flushing toilets. – SAnews.gov.za
