WASSUP Diepsloot, Report March 2019

9 CONCLUSION
9 CONCLUSION
This report has aimed to highlight
the essential work undertaken
by WASSUP in trying to manage the
dire water and sanitation situation in
Extension 1, Diepsloot in the face of
lacking municipal infrastructural support
and maintenance. The monitoring and
research undertaken by WASSUP reveal
strongly the potential for huge capital,
resource and social savings, not to
mention the large financial savings that
can be achieved. The work undertaken
by WASSUP has developed into best
practice methodologies and processes
that have proven potential to be
absorbed by the City of Johannesburg,
to be scaled up and implemented
for the greater Diepsloot area as well
as other under-serviced and lacking
settlements across Johannesburg, and
potentially the country.
The provision of comprehensive
and sustainable water and sanitation
services are fundamental policy and
practical considerations that speaks
to both local developmental needs
and imperatives as well as global
priorities seeking to redress injustices
and inequalities for all citizens. Grossly
inadequate water and sanitation
services continue to deprive citizens,
not only of adequate health, social
and environmental conditions, but
most importantly their personal
dignity. We, both civil society and
government, cannot afford to ignore
this crisis any longer.
The message of WASSUPs work over
a decade is clear: a person should walk
into the toilet with dignity and should
walk out of the toilet with dignity.
FIGURE 46 & 47: (above) WASSUP
team members repairing toilets and
collecting data.
FIGURE 48: (right) Woman washing in
Diepsloot. Photograph by Mark Lewis 2018
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