Johannesburg Water has urged community members to protect the City’s infrastructure by reporting sewer blockages.
Joburg Water said over a million sewer blockages were cleared on a jetting preventative programme across the City in the 2017/18 financial year and a total of 147 182 of these sewer blockages occurred in Midrand and Ivory Park.
“I spent yesterday morning with the community of Ivory Park along Nkosi Street where continuous sewer burst is expected,” said MMC for Environmental and Infrastructure Services Nico De Jager.
“A jetting truck was used to unblock the sewer blockage and a large jacket was found to be the cause of the sewer blockage.”
According to Joburg Water, three of the current fleet of nine hydro jetting vehicles that are used to clean the sewer network were procured in 2003. In the past year, the programme has led to more blockage being cleared.
The entity added that the sizes of the jetting vehicles vary from the smallest with a jetting tank of 4 000 litres to the largest tank of 12 000 litres. The jetting vehicles operate using a high-pressure water pump.
Joburg Water said blockage records are analysed to determine areas with high blockage rate and based on that information the jetting truck will be deployed.
“Residents are encouraged to take care of their sewer infrastructure by not flashing or inserting foreign objects into the sewer network.”
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