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Drought: The consequences of NOT attending to maintenance and infrastructure

30 April 2017 By Alan Straton

Water Leak

If the municipality fixed all leaks and took the log out of their own eyes before removing the speck from the domestic consumer's eyes then we would, in all likelihood, not have the current water restrictions in place, with more to come! When one sees videos like the one below one is tempted to wonder why the domestic consumer of water battling to save water and letting gardens and plants die will continue saving that 125 litres of bath water when municipal pipes continue to spew water with … [Read more...] about Drought: The consequences of NOT attending to maintenance and infrastructure

Over 25% of our water is lost due to leaks before the consumers tap

15 October 2013 By Alan Straton

Thontsi Save Water

The looming water restrictions have reference - PE Water Restrictions Looming. As concerned citizens of the metro there is one thing that we can do to help bring the current daily water consumption down by a minimum of 30.8 megalitres per day and that is to assist the municipality to curb water leaks within the municipal internal water delivery network that runs from reservoir to tap. The Metro's current water loss due to leaks and pilferage of non revenue water on the internal networks … [Read more...] about Over 25% of our water is lost due to leaks before the consumers tap

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