Controlling Cape Town’s poor through water management devices: the case of Saxonsea, Atlantis
type: CreativeWork
description: This study examined the impact of the City’s water management strategies, specifically the water management devices, on selected households in Saxonsea. The impact of cost recovery policies on poor households was interrogated in the light of government’s distributional and procedural equity in service delivery. The main issues arising from the study were lack of consultation, inadequate information, and perception of powerlessness. The study concludes that although water management devices have contributed to significant improvements in water saving, poor households are burdened with the responsibility of saving water. If the idea is to save water across the board, this regimen should be extended to all water users and not targeted at poor households only
abstract: This study examined the impact of the City’s water management strategies, specifically the water management devices, on selected households in Saxonsea. The impact of cost recovery policies on poor households was interrogated in the light of government’s distributional and procedural equity in service delivery. The main issues arising from the study were lack of consultation, inadequate information, and perception of powerlessness. The study concludes that although water management devices have contributed to significant improvements in water saving, poor households are burdened with the responsibility of saving water. If the idea is to save water across the board, this regimen should be extended to all water users and not targeted at poor households only
author: Matose, Tamsanqa
keywords: Water management devices, Water demand management, Free basic water, Human rights, Neoliberalism, Privatisation, Water Governance, Participation, Water law, South Africa
license: https://uwcscholar.uwc.ac.za/bitstreams/dac14541-2065-4cd1-a81f-1d9db21777c0/download
date published: 2013
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:00:42Z
provider: University of the Western Cape
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of the Western Cape