The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is aggressively accelerating its pace on fixing water leaks as to secure the water security within the drought stricken region, following an improvement in dam levels in the past eight months.
These were the sentiments shared by the Mayoral Committee Member for Infrastructure and Engineering, Councillor Khanya Ngqisha during an oversight visit of water leaks fixing work in on Thursday, 21 September 2023.
Today, nine teams of plumbing contractors embarked on a water leaks fixing programme in Ward 13, Gelvandale area.
Todays work is part of a programme that has been introduced by the Water and Sanitation Sub-directorate that targets different areas across the metro that have a lot of long outstanding water leaks.
On a weekly basis about 10 plumbing contractors will be deployed in the identified area with the intention to fix all the leaks in that particular area.
Part of the work includes, replacing leaking and damaged water meters, and fixing damaged fire hydrants. At about midday today, 33 reported water leaks were attended.
This week alone, the Metro managed to fix 1107 leaks of the 102 774 complaints received recently. A total of which 99 77 has been completed.
“We have started this programme that will be in twofold. The teams we have assembled are not only dealing with clean water leaks, they are also dealing with sewage spills and bursts. We have put a plan in place to attend to these challenges with vigour and speed. It cannot be right that we preach water saving to our people and yet there is water running into waste on our watch. We will be keeping a close oversight on this project as it is key in securing the security of water in Nelson Mandela Bay region,” said MMC Ngqisha.
MMC Ngqisha further stated that dealing with challenges of sanitation was also a priority for his directorate. “To us it is clear that restoring dignity for the disadvantaged includes giving them decent sanitation that meets the required legislative requirements.
The MMC has urged community members to report water leaks to 0800 20 50 50 and refrain from throwing foreign objects in water and sewer pipelines.
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