Mike Waters MP, DA Lethabong Constituency Head and DA Deputy Chief Whip in Parliament, said Gauteng, and the rest of the country, is experiencing the worst drought in 23 years.
“In Ekurhuleni this drought has been compounded by poor management by Rand Water and the Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality, which has resulted in water shortages in the municipality and many households’ taps running dry,” said Waters.
“To date over 1200 residents have signed the petition, which calls for the Portfolio Committee to interrogate Rand Water and the Ekurhuleni Metro to give deadlines as to when:
* Rand Water will install independent power supplies at all of its pump stations;
* Ekurhuleni Metro will implement the computerised telemetry system – so that they can verify, at a push of a button, the levels of water at their reservoirs, instead of using the sick method;
* Their action plan to repair water infrastructure as Ekurhuleni is losing 39.8% of all its water;
* The reasons why the financial statements submitted to Gauteng Treasury showed that at the end of the 2014/15 financial year in June, the Ekurhuleni Metro had only spent 48 per cent of the R127 million budgeted for waste water management and had failed to spend 46 per cent of the R333 million allocated to water services.
Residents who have not signed the petition can still do so by going to the following link www.petitions24.com/water_crisis
