- Target:
- Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality; Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality; SALGA
- Region:
- South Africa
Allocation of stands and building of houses is being done without considering the capacity of the water purification plant supplying said townships.
The current capacity is 8ML and the demand is 12ML, which results in the disruption of watersupply by Sedibeng Water on a daily basis between 12:00 to 16:00 and 21:00 to 04:00.
This is an untenable situation as we, the ratepayers, pay for a 24/7 supply of blue drop quality drinking water.
These disruptions further lead to the bursting of main supply lines due to a water hammer effect as there are no functioning air release valves in the system. Every time the water is interrupted, air enters the system. This in turn leads to impurities entering the water system during the repair of the burst pipes. The result of this is that the water supply is interrupted for even longer periods to repair the burst pipes.
The repair sites are also not secured properly and left open for weeks, which poses a threat to people using the roads.
We, the undersigned, demand the immediate expantion of the Christiana water purification works to cater for the current demand as well as the 20 year proposed expantions to Christiana, Utlawanang and Geluksoord.
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The Christiana, Utlwanang & Geluksoord needs bigger water treatment plant. petition to Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality; Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality; SALGA was written by Theo Gerber and is in the category Local Government at GoPetition.