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100 New Water Containers Handed Over In Kwanobuhle

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, handed over 100 new water containers to KwaNobuhle residents who are continuously affected by the severe drought, to encourage water saving during the Festive Season and beyond.

This comes as the busy Christmas holidays are a few days away, with an anticipation of high water consumption during this period while the total dam levels supplying the City remain at a low 15.69%.

During the visit to Area 11 phase 2 informal settlement, Cllr Dries van der Westhuyzen said the 100 containers were a part of 780 containers that were donated to the City by the Eastern Cape Disaster Management to assist residents during the drought crisis.

He said: “We are starting with this community today but we will be handing over these 20 litre containers across the City, targeting the most affected areas where residents are in need of such containers. Part of the work we are doing is to ensure that residents have clean containers that are not contaminated to ensure that they are safe. We want to thank Disaster Management, this partnership shows that we are not alone in this disaster.”

“Sometimes we have disruptions, we saw with the recent water outage we had in the City how large containers come in handy to assist households. Whenever there is a water disruption we always dispatch water tankers in the affected areas and so it becomes important to assist those who need containers to fetch water with good quality containers that will last as we don’t know when the drought will be over.”

Ward 45 Councillor, Sabelo Mabuda, said elderly people and people living with disabilities in the ward would be prioritized during the distribution of the containers.

With the Nooitgedagt Water Treatment Works project completed and handed over to NMBM, the City continues to draw about 200 Megalitres per day from the plant to supply almost 70% of the City.
NMBM Director for Water Distribution, Joseph Tsatsire said the water demand reduction work was still underway with water leaks fixed everyday.

“If all our residents and visitors could continue to reduce their consumption we will all be able to enjoy the Festive Season with water coming from our taps. The Moregrove Wellfield boreholes are pumping water into the system. We recently completed the Bushy Park Wellfield which is expected to be commissioned in January, followed by the St Georges Park Wellfield also early next year,” said Tsatsire.

Residents are urged to use less than 50 litres per person, per day in a household and to report water leaks on 0800 20 50 50.

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