A burst water pipe on Edinburgh Road, Benoni South, gushed out water that ran for six days before repairs commenced and has infuriated a local who described the scene as “water flowing like a river” since January 31.
Amanda Brunette, a spares project manager at a mining equipment supplier in Van Dyk Road, said she was appalled by the amount of water wastage over the last few days.
Despite the Ekurhuleni metro reacting to the problem and completing the repairs, Brunette said she was not impressed by the time this took.
“This is clean, running water that is being wasted,” she said after meeting on site with the City Times on February 5.
“I have been trying to get the municipality to come out here since last Thursday.
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“I kept phoning them and they said someone would be coming through but no-one showed up until today, and in that time I can’t imagine how much water has been wasted.
“This is water that we are billed for monthly and it’s just being wasted, and when you call through to the call centre they either do not take your call, or they pick it up, set the phone aside, keep a conversation going with colleagues on the other side and then drop your call.
Brunette, who is a water conservationist and gardening enthusiast, showed the City Times water tanks situated on the business property used by employees in a bid to conserve water.
“We have two tanks here and the water collected in the tanks is what we use for day-to-day operations including washing our vehicles.”
The concerned local added that the matter should be taken seriously as South Africa is a country facing a water crisis.
“There are people in this country who don’t have access to clean water or can’t afford to keep the taps on.
“The same can be found in Cape Town which is still affected by water shortages.
“Water isn’t even available to put our fires in the area, homes, properties, and landscapes are affecting and here the water is flowing like a river.”
Spokesperson for the City of Ekurhuleni Themba Gadebe said the municipality apologised for the delay in the repairs.
“The team is on site now and closing the valves in order to start the repairs,” said Gadabe on February 5.
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