No water for the past three months
“While others hire vans to go and collect water for them people like me who is a pensioner really struggle."
Some resident’s of KwaGuqa in Extension 12 says they do not know who to turn to after they were left without water for the last three months.
The residents say they are divided by a street and across the streets the residents have water and they have to ask for water while others have to walk a few metres to Extension 14 to get water. The fortunate ones have Jojo tanks.
A tap without water is as good as nothing as alleged by some residents of KwaGuqa in Extension12.
“While others hire vans to go and collect water for them people like me who is a pensioner really struggle. Water tanks do come to give us water but their frequency is very minimum,” says Mr Petros Mthombeni.
Mr Mthombeni that they are not told the reason of the non availability of water. He says they are still in the dark as days, weeks and months past by without the necessity of water.
A street in KwaGuqa in Extension 12 are divided by a street with the have and the have not’s in water.
Mr Mthombeni has another unique problem; his municipality account shows that he owes the municipality only 48c for the July and the August accounts. He further said that when he sent his son to pay the account he was sent back. The sickly Mr Mthombeni says he is concerned and worried about the amount.
“We think we deserve to be told about the water situation in our area and the situation cannot be left like this,” added Mr Mthombeni.
A questionnaire was sent to the municipality about the problem of KwaGuqa in Extension 12 and they responded by saying
A municipal account.
“two elevated tanks were installed to supply KwaGuqa Extension 2 and surrounding areas (Extension 11,12 and 14) but due to high demand we are unable to pump to the high level. As temporary measures water tankers are being dispatched daily, we are also procuring Jojo tanks to ensure that there is always enough storage for the day to cover working classes. Long term specification for a procurement of three mega litres steel tanks was already sent and the three Mega litres will store water for high level elevated tanks,” the statement from the municipality added.
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