Cosmo City Extension 2 resident, Susan Makhura is happy to have water again
Cosmo City residents in Johannesburg are furious after spending days without water since last week Friday.
Taps ran dry in parts of extensions 0, 2, 5 and 6, causing major frustration for ratepayers who put the blame on Johannesburg Water for dragging their feet in resolving the crisis.
Angry Extension 5 residents, John Pretorius and Leslie Wallace, said they had to use money out of their own pockets to buy water in order to sustain themselves over the weekend.
“I had to buy five-litre containers of water which amounted to about R400,” said Wallace.
Wallace said attempts to get answers from Johannesburg Water provided no concrete information as to the restoration process.
“When I phoned the Johannesburg Water office on Friday, they said they were restoring a valve. On Saturday, I phoned again, and they said the reservoir was low. I ended up not knowing what to believe.”
Pretorius, who also spent about R300 on water, said Johannesburg Water always came up with excuses but no solutions.
“This is a human rights issue. I couldn’t even wash my clothes over the weekend,” he said.
“The reason why there are water outages is because Johannesburg Water is cutting down the water pressure and, as a result, the high areas get affected.”
Ward 100 ANC councillor Mapula Mosito said she had been conveying the information received from the entity to residents since Friday.
“I kept phoning Johannesburg Water for a speedy reaction. However, I managed to ask them to dispatch tanks to all affected sections,” she said.
Johannesburg Water spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene said they were exhausting all available resources to complete repairs.
She added tanks were also made available to affected areas.
“There is a faulty pressure reducing valve [PRV] at Boundary Road, close to the Cosmo City reservoir. The depot is in the process of removing the PRV and installing a straight-through. This will allow water into Ext 5 and 6 of Cosmo City.”
Taps ran dry in parts of extensions 0, 2, 5 and 6, causing major frustration for ratepayers who put the blame on Johannesburg Water for dragging their feet in resolving the crisis.
Angry Extension 5 residents, John Pretorius and Leslie Wallace, said they had to use money out of their own pockets to buy water in order to sustain themselves over the weekend.
“I had to buy five-litre containers of water which amounted to about R400,” said Wallace.
Wallace said attempts to get answers from Johannesburg Water provided no concrete information as to the restoration process.
“When I phoned the Johannesburg Water office on Friday, they said they were restoring a valve. On Saturday, I phoned again, and they said the reservoir was low. I ended up not knowing what to believe.”
Pretorius, who also spent about R300 on water, said Johannesburg Water always came up with excuses but no solutions.
“This is a human rights issue. I couldn’t even wash my clothes over the weekend,” he said.
“The reason why there are water outages is because Johannesburg Water is cutting down the water pressure and, as a result, the high areas get affected.”
Ward 100 ANC councillor Mapula Mosito said she had been conveying the information received from the entity to residents since Friday.
“I kept phoning Johannesburg Water for a speedy reaction. However, I managed to ask them to dispatch tanks to all affected sections,” she said.
Johannesburg Water spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene said they were exhausting all available resources to complete repairs.
She added tanks were also made available to affected areas.
“There is a faulty pressure reducing valve [PRV] at Boundary Road, close to the Cosmo City reservoir. The depot is in the process of removing the PRV and installing a straight-through. This will allow water into Ext 5 and 6 of Cosmo City.”
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