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NMB Water Quality – Lies or Stupidity?

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Listen to the interview with Joseph Tsatsire:

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro released a statement at the beginning of this week warning residents to boil the water coming out of the taps before drinking as they had detected an abnormally high number of ‘micro-biological forms in the water’.

The Executive Mayor, Eugene Johnson, as the ‘buck stops here’ representative, as well as her spokesperson, Tango Lamani, then went on record stating that the water contamination was due to the low dam levels.

Now, every logical thinking human being on the planet then asked; “Why now?” as the dam levels at around 17% were NOT the lowest on record (July 2021 was just over 9% and we still drank the water).

Then, in an interview with Stephen Grootes of SA FM this morning, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Acting Executive Director for Infrastructure and Engineering, Mr Joseph Tsatsire, stated on record that the problem with the water contamination had been isolated to a new temporary treatment plant and that he was hoping to announce after 10:00 am on Friday 25 February 2022 that residents could safely drink the water again.

According to Tsatsire the coliform levels were at 70% and need to be at 98% for the water to be safe to drink. Apparently the City re-purposed a temporary reservoir into a treatment facility and this is where the problems came in. Of course the conversation about why will now bedevil the discourse.

Tsatsire did a ‘good job’ in avoiding Grootes pointed question about why the ‘song’ was now about the treatment plant and not the dam levels.

A salutary lesson here for our NMB Politicians and Administrators here – “Assumption is the Mother of all Fuckups” – do not assume anything until you have tested the veracity of any information fed to you. Assumptions lead to distrust, loss of votes and a direct impact on our and our politicians pockets.

And, by the way; “Where are the engineers in all this? Where are the learned people when needed? Why are our engineering firms closing down and engineers leaving South Africa?”

THINK!

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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.