Editor – As we well know, Ezakheni-supplied areas recently joined most of the rest of town with water restrictions due to the Gamede protest action.
While I did not envy them for that, what did confuse me is that the moment they suddenly had no water and valves between the two areas were most likely closed, we suddenly had water throughout the day.
Now don’t get me wrong, this was mid-drought without any rainfall. The Klip River was dry (the usual excuse for the restrictions) but for some reason, there was plenty of water. “How could that possibly be?” I ask with tears in my eyes.
There was even less water in the system, but we suddenly had plenty of water. Please tell me I am not the only one who noticed.
So, if we could have near full supply all day just because we were disconnected from the Ezakheni system, it stands to reason that we are short of water during the normal drought because our water is subsidising areas that receive water from Ezakheni’s water treatment plant. This begs the question: When will uThukela tell us the truth about why we have no water?
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