Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector

Funke, NikkiDe Wet, AudreyMafunda, AyandaSchaefer, Lisa MLe Roux, Wouter J2024-07-302024-07-302024-04Funke, N., De Wet, A., Mafunda, A., Schaefer, L.M. & Le Roux, W.J. 2024. Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector. Water SA, 50(2). http://hdl.handle.net/10204/137370378-47381816-7950DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2024.v50.i2.4049http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13737An analysis of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector is presented. The study identified and focused on three main themes: water revenue collection, water service delivery, and water sector operations. The Covid-19 pandemic negatively impacted these aspects and exacerbated pre-existing problems in the water provision landscape of South Africa. Business continuity management was identified as a top priority for water sector institutions in South Africa to ensure the continued provision of critical water services. In-depth case study research is recommended to establish how water sector institutions in South Africa dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic and how this can inform their disaster preparedness and management going forward.FulltextenCOVID-19 pandemicWater service deliveryWater revenueWater sector operationsPandemic preparednessImpacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sectorArticleFunke, N., De Wet, A., Mafunda, A., Schaefer, L. M., & Le Roux, W. J. (2024). Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector. Water SA, 50(2), http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13737Funke, Nikki, Audrey De Wet, Ayanda Mafunda, Lisa M Schaefer, and Wouter J Le Roux "Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector." Water SA, 50(2) (2024) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13737Funke N, De Wet A, Mafunda A, Schaefer LM, Le Roux WJ. Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector. Water SA, 50(2). 2024; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13737.TY - Article AU - Funke, Nikki AU - De Wet, Audrey AU - Mafunda, Ayanda AU - Schaefer, Lisa M AU - Le Roux, Wouter J AB - An analysis of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector is presented. The study identified and focused on three main themes: water revenue collection, water service delivery, and water sector operations. The Covid-19 pandemic negatively impacted these aspects and exacerbated pre-existing problems in the water provision landscape of South Africa. Business continuity management was identified as a top priority for water sector institutions in South Africa to ensure the continued provision of critical water services. In-depth case study research is recommended to establish how water sector institutions in South Africa dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic and how this can inform their disaster preparedness and management going forward. DA - 2024-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - Water SA, 50(2) KW - COVID-19 pandemic KW - Water service delivery KW - Water revenue KW - Water sector operations KW - Pandemic preparedness LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2024 SM - 0378-4738 SM - 1816-7950 T1 - Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector TI - Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the South African water sector UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13737 ER -28052