WATCH: Empangeni water infrastructure tampered with, causes ‘fountain’ leak

Scrap metal collectors believed to be responsible for massive Friday water leak in Empangeni

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Mbuso Kunene 1 minute read

Water was shooting metres into the air at the side of Empangeni's Main Road Photo & video: Bryce Forduce

Scrap metal collectors were reportedly the cause of a massive water leak along Empangeni’s Main Road on Friday morning.

Motorists witnessed a fountain of water shooting up to at least five metres in the air, which was reported to the City of uMhlathuze at about 7am.

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Ward 23 Councillor Andre de Lange said it took the municipal plumbing team at least four hours to fix it.“

A valve was tripped off, allegedly by the people selling scrap [metal].

This is the line that supplies the whole town but, fortunately, there were no reports of water shortages from either households or businesses,” said De Lange.

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