Ivo, you continue to be a breath of fresh air with your meticulous research and clarity of thought.

The only reason for water shortage is political. The engineering is well understood and quickly implemented if the finance is available and the politicians allocate the financial resources.

We, the public, are being directed to behave in a particular way so as to ameliorate the shortcomings of the political class. Of course if it were privatised the drive would be to create more product more efficiently so as to have increased revenue streams. The exact opposite of socialised water or anything else for that matter.

All should be provided by the private sector, water, sewers and electricity. Put in place the fundamental social requirement and leave the rest to the market. These clowns we call the leadership need to be kept as far away from the important stuff as possible.