No water tank restrictions in Toti
Due to the greater Amanzimtoti area being fed from a different line than the northern wards, there is no need for residents to panic over water shortages.
WARD 97 residents do not have to worry about the call by eThekwini Municipality for residents to disconnect their water tanks from the system as it applies mostly to residents in the northern wards.
Ward 97 councillor Andrè Beetge said this is because the greater Amanzimtoti area is fed from a different line, and some of the water is sourced from the Nungwane Dam in Umbumbulu. In some northern wards, however, it has been a different story as panic over water shortages caused many residents to buy Jojo tanks.
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“That means when the water supply returns, the reservoirs cannot build up supply because the demand far exceeds the supply. Think of all the geysers and Jojo tanks that need to be filled before water levels can rise in the reservoirs,” said Beetge.
eThekwini spokesperson Gugu Sisilana encouraged those with Jojo tanks to fill their tanks by harvesting rainwater.
“We assure the public that teams are attending to the persistent water outages that are affecting some parts of the city where there has been a noticeable increase in static water tanks. The negative impact of having too many static tanks is that the available water supply is not shared equitably among residents. As water fills up in static tanks, some families experience intermittent or no water supply, while the reservoir builds up storage. To conserve water supply, the City appeals to residents with static tanks to disconnect them from the municipality’s water reticulation network,” said Sisilana.
She added, however, that should there be no cooperation, the City will be forced to take drastic measures.
“This will include installing restrictors for all properties with static tanks to limit the amount of water that these properties consume and store in their tanks,” she said.
Sisilana urged the public to continue using water sparingly.
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